3. Child marriages to be voidable at the option of contracting party being a child.
(1)Every
child marriage, whether solemnised before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be voidable at the
option of the contracting party who was a child at the time of the marriage:
Provided that a petition for annulling a child marriage by a decree of nullity may be filed in the
district court only by a contracting party to the marriage who was a child at the time of the marriage.
(2)If at the time of filing a petition, the petitioner is a minor, the petition may be filed through his or
her guardian or next friend along with the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer.
(3)The petition under this section may be filed at any time but before the child filing the petition
completes two years of attaining majority.