(d)
one party or both parties to the marriage, where both
parties to the marriage are children; or
(e)
a third party, in consultation with an appropriate
authority, in any of the circumstances specified in
paragraphs (a) to (d).
(2)
A court shall, on petition of a child, adult person or third party
referred to in subsection (1), dissolve/annul the marriage that
was contracted before the commencement of the law.
(3)
The Chief Justice (state competent authority) shall prescribe rules
for
the
procedures
and
processes
relating
to
the
dissolution/annulment of a voidable child marriage. (These rules
and procedures may be prescribed in the law itself)
20.
Property and citizenship arising from prohibited marriage or
dissolved marriage
(1)
From the commencement of the law, where a marriage
contracted in contravention of section 17 is dissolved/annulled
as specified in section 19 –
(a)
any
property
acquired
by
either
party
during
the
subsistence of the marriage, except property that was
inherited or brought into such a marriage, shall be
deemed to have been lawfully acquired by both parties to
such a marriage and shall be distributed equally between
them, as prescribed; and
(b)
any citizenship rights that have accrued or due to accrue
to any party of such a marriage, as an entitlement arising
from such a marriage, shall be deemed to have been
lawfully acquired by, and accruing to, that party.
(2)
Any property that was inherited, or property that was brought
into the marriage, by a child, shall be the property of that child
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