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Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Child Marriages Rules, 2012
Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Child Marriages Rules, 2012
Sections
1. Short title, Extent and Application.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 26. Disciplinary Action against Child Marriage Prohibition Officers.
Section 67. Designation of Nodal Officer.
Section 78. Village Child Marriage Prohibition and Monitoring Committees.
Section 81. Gram Panchayat Sarpanch
Section 12. The Panchayat Secretary
Section 23. Village Administrative Officers of Revenue Dept.
Section 34. Local School Teacher
Section 45. Members of self help group/Gram Samakhya
Section 56. Elected Panchayat Women Members
Section 67. ANM
Section 78. NGO functioning in the area
Section 89. A member from Youth Organization Preferably a women
Section 910. Village Officers
Section 1011. ASHA
Section 1112. Anganwadi Worker
Section 129. Mass Solemnization of Child Marriages.
Section 910. Budget.
Section 10
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"content": "(i) \"Act\" means \"The Prohibition of Child Marriages Act,2006\";\n(ii) \"Child\" means a person who, if a male has not completed twenty-one years of age; and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age;\n(iii) \"Child Marriage\" means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child;\n(iv) \"Contracting party\" in relation to a marriage, means either of the parties whose marriage is or is about to be thereby solemnized;\n(v) \"District Court\" shall in addition to those mentioned in the Act includes the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, and all other Children's Courts in Andhra Pradesh that shall be constituted under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005;\n(vi) \"Marriage Officer\" means an Officer duly appointed by the State Government under the Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002;\n(vii) \"Nodal Officer\" means the Commissioner / Director of Women Development and Child Welfare at State Level and the Collector of the District at District Level or as may be notified by the Government;\n(viii) \"Section\" means a Section of the Act; and\n(ix) \"Rules means\" The Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Child Marriages Rules, 2012\".\n3. \"Appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers\".\n(1) The District Collector of the concerned District is District CMPO.\n(2) Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO)/Sub-Collector at the divisional level.\n(3) The Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) at the Project level covering 3-5 mandals which is under their jurisdiction.\n(4) The Tahsildars at the Mandal level for the villages which are under their jurisdiction.\n(5) The ICDS Supervisors at the Mandal level covering their respective villages under their jurisdiction.\n(6) The Panchayat Secretaries of the Panchayat Raj Department and Village Administrative Officers of Revenue Department at the Village level.\n4. \"Duties of the Child Marriage Prohibition Officers\".\n(1) Ensure implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002 and Rules made under the said Act vide G.O.Ms.No.35, WD, CW & DW (Progs) Department dated 24th September, 2003.\n(2) Immediately act upon any information of the solemnization or proposed solemnization of any child marriage that may be received through any mode of communication, including in written or oral form i.e., through a letter, telegram, phone, e-mail, etc, or by any other means maintaining the confidentiality of the informant or source of information or suo motu on any instance coming into his/her knowledge or reported in media and forthwith initiate all necessary action, including addressing the Police and Officers concerned.\n(3) Furnish Returns and Statistics in formats as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time.\n(4) Cause the publication and wide circulation of the Act and the Rules in Telugu and Urdu in all offices under this Act and public places and in all villages etc.\n(5) Associate and Work in Co-ordination with the respective Village / Mandal / Divisional / District Child Marriage Prohibition and Monitoring Committee, NGOs, SHGs, VDP, Mandal Samakhyas, Zilla Samakhyas and departments concerned.\n(6) Initiate legal action and cause registration of cases under appropriate provisions of the Act, and Rules for their violation.\n(7) Formulate concrete strategies for the identification, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of Victims of child marriages.\n(8) Activate the Balika Mandals and Peer Groups to sensitise other adolescent girls.\n(9) Take all such measures as required to sensitise and promote awareness against child marriages and to prevent child marriage.\n5. \"Powers of the Child Marriage Prohibition Officers\".",
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"content": "(1) The District Collector shall involve all the related departments; especially of the Endowments/Departments, i.e Head of Festival Committees or the Executive Officer of the temple where the mass marriages are being held; Health, Education, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Women Development and Child Welfare, Police, Information & Public Relation, Adult Education, Revenue etc., among others, for better co-ordination to ensure that no child marriages, including mass child marriages are solemnized.\n(2) The District Administration should begin planning and strategizing well before such occasions with constant awareness drives etc., against child marriages including mass child marriages.\n(3) The Officials shall ensure scrupulous adherence to the Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act,2002.\n(4) The Nodal Officers at State Level and District Level with the help of Village Level Child Marriage Prohibition Committee and CMPOs etc., at various levels should among others take the following measures: -\n(i) Give wide publicity about the negative consequences of child marriages in the local language and use creative and mass media through films, hoardings, posters, pamphlets, loudspeakers, cultural programmes etc, and advertisement on the TV, radio and newspapers and on buses and trains etc.\n(ii) Take a serious note of any form or means of glorification of child marriages and initiate appropriate measures, including legal action, against child marriages and must initiate appropriate measures, including legal action, against such person/organizations responsible for such glorification.\n(iii) Ensure that officials and Professionals like doctors etc. on no account issue false medical/birth/age certificates and initiate appropriate action when they are found doing so.\n(iv) Necessarily involve NGOs having a track record of working on issues related to children, in particular against child marriages.",
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