Law & Governance
Law
i. International Laws
ii. Secular vs Religious Personal Laws
iii. Uncodified
iv. Indian State vs Family Laws
I. India –
- i. Laws and legislations
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• Age of Consent Act,1891
• Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
• Child Marriage RA, 1976
• PCMA, 2006
• Karnataka Amendment Act, 2016
• Haryana Amendment Act
• JJ Act, 2015
• POCSO, 2012
• JJ Rules, 2016
• POCSO Rules, 2020
• CPCRA, 2005
- ii. Policy
- • National Policy for children
• https://www.india.gov.in/national-policy-children
• https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/npcenglish08072013_0.pdf
• National Plan of Action
- iii. Reports
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• Law Commission of India Reports
• Report 270 – Compulsory Registration of Marriage
• https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/reports/Report270.pdf
• Report 205 – Proposal to Amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and other allied Laws.
• Report 59 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954.
• Report 15 – Law relating to Marriage and Divorce amongst Christians in India.
II. Regional
i. Convention
ii. Policy
iii.Reports
III. UN
i. Convention
• Age of Consent/Forced Marriage
• CEDAW
ii. Policy
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/SDG5.pdf
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IV. World/Global – (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
i. Law
ii. Policy
iii. Reports
i. International Laws
ii. Secular vs Religious Personal Laws
iii. Uncodified
iv. Indian State vs Family Laws
- i. Laws and legislations
-
• Age of Consent Act,1891
• Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
• Child Marriage RA, 1976
• PCMA, 2006
• Karnataka Amendment Act, 2016
• Haryana Amendment Act
• JJ Act, 2015
• POCSO, 2012
• JJ Rules, 2016
• POCSO Rules, 2020
• CPCRA, 2005
- ii. Policy
- • National Policy for children
• https://www.india.gov.in/national-policy-children
• https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/npcenglish08072013_0.pdf
• National Plan of Action
- iii. Reports
-
• Law Commission of India Reports
• Report 270 – Compulsory Registration of Marriage
• https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/reports/Report270.pdf
• Report 205 – Proposal to Amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and other allied Laws.
• Report 59 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954.
• Report 15 – Law relating to Marriage and Divorce amongst Christians in India.
Doc above to be downloaded and made available here
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