12. In the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929,- (1) in section 2,-(a) in clause (a), for the word “fourteen” the word “sixteen” shall be substituted;(b) in clause (c), the word “and” shall be omitted; and (c) in clause (d), for the full stop at the end a comma shall be substituted, and thereafter the following ¹[new clauses] shall be added , namely:- ²[“(e) “Municipal Corporation” means the Municipal Corporation constituted under the Chittagong Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1982 (XXXV of 1982), or the Dhaka Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1983 (XL of 1983), or the Khulna Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1984 (LXXII of 1984), within whose jurisdiction a child marriage is or is about to be solemnised;(f) “Paurashava” means the Paurashava constituted under the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (XXVI of 1977), within whose jurisdiction a child marriage is or is about to be solemnised;(g) “Union Parishad” means Union Parishad constituted under the Local Government (Union Parishads) Ordinance, 1983 (LI of 1983), within whose jurisdiction a child marriage is or is about to be solemnised”.] (2) section 3 shall be omitted; (3) in section 4, for the words “twenty-one” the word “eighteen” shall be substituted ; (4) in section 9, after the words “under this Act”, the words “except on a complaint made by the ³[Union Parishad or Paurashava ⁴[or Municipal Corporation]], or if there is no ⁵[Union Parishad or Paurashava ⁶[or Municipal Corporation]] in the area, by such authority as the ⁷[Government] may in this behalf prescribe, and such cognizance shall in no case be taken” shall be inserted; and (5) section 11 shall be omitted.