“Appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers”

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Sent Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:38 PM
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Subject:  “Appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers”:

Respected Sir,

Please give few details about Child Marriage and who are Prohibition Officer’s in Child Marriage Act.

Thanking you,

Sincerely,

Jayaraj. Jakkula.

Member,

Krishna -CWC

“Appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers”:

The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, vide GO Ms.No. 13, Dept. for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens Dept., dt. 19.3.2012, appointed the following Officers as the “Child Marriage Prohibition Officers” (CMPO):

(1) The District Collector of the concerned District is District CMPO. (2) Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO)/Sub-Collector at the divisional level. (3) The Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) at the Project level covering 3-5 mandals which is under their jurisdiction. (4) The Tahsildars at the Mandal level for the villages which are under their jurisdiction. (5) The ICDS Supervisors at the Mandal level covering their respective villages under their jurisdiction. (6) The Panchayat Secretaries of the Panchayat Raj Dept. and Village  Administrative Officers of Revenue Department at the Village level.

Specific Procedure to be adopted by CWC when a case of child marriage is brought before the CWC. In addition to the Standard procedures to be followed as laid out in Chapter 3 the following Special Procedures have to be followed whenever a case of child marriage is produced before the CWC. The CWC will pursue all cases of child marriage from the standpoint of the care and protection issues facing the child, keeping in mind the best interests of the child and her protection within and outside the marriage (matters of maintenance and custody of her child.). The rehabilitation of a child rescued from this offence also falls into the domain of the JJ System. If the child does not have anyone to file a case in the Family Court (that addresses matters under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act) on her behalf, the CWC can call for a legal counsel to be arranged for her.

Also you can refer our CWC Standard Operating Procedures from Pg. No. 35 to 38