Definition
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2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
[(a) "child" means a person who, if a male, is under twenty-one years of age, and if a female, is under eighteen years of age;]
(b) "child marriage" means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child;
(c) "contracting party" to a marriage means either of the parties whose marriage is or is about to be thereby solemnized; and
[(d) "minor" means a person who, if a male, is under twenty-one years of age, and if a female, is under eighteen years of age.]
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