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Report of the Age of Consent Committee 1928-29

1929

In the beginning of September the Committee started the examination of witnesses at Simla and took advantage of the session of both the Chambers of the Central Legislature to examine such of the members as could spare time amid their other engagements to attend and give evidence before the Committee. [...] 9. The Committee has also had the benefit of the views of various Social Reform and Religious Associations in the Country and of the resolutions passed at meetings and conferences including the conferences of ladies held in various places and the conference of the All-India Medical Association held in Calcutta.in 1928. [...] The Code of Manu condemns the ravishment of a woman and prescribes punishments which vary from the sentence of death to a fine according to the relative status of the offender and the victim. [...] The growing consciousness of the people to the magnitude of the evil led to the realistion that legislation to remove some of the causes which were sapping the vitality of the people should be undetaken. [...] In the course of the debate the Government while expressing general sympathy with the object of the bill stated that detailed reports had been called for on the operation of the amended law of 1925 from the local Governments and that the Government intended to apoint a strong Committee to undertake a comprehensive survey of the whole question with a view to taking further action if the repo
government politics public policy
Pages
363
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144777
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I Introductory
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Chapter II History of Legislation Regarding the Age of Consent and Marriage
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Chapter III The Law of Rape as Amended in 1925
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Chapter IV Provincial Conditions and Nature of Evidence
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Chapter V The Practice of Early Marriage and Consummation
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Chapter VI Objections to the Law of Consent and to a Law of Marriage
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Chapter VII Suggestions and Recommendations
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Chapter VIII Reasons for Advance
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Chapter IX Choice of Remedies
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Chapter X The Age of Consent Outside Marriage
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Chapter XI Summary of Recommendations
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Notes by Members
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Appendix
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