intervening in a child marriage in accordance with paragraph (e)
of section 19.
PART IV
MEASURES AND INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT CHILD MARRIAGE
23.
Preventative measures and interventions
(1)
The Minister shall, in consultation with the relevant appropriate
authorities, put in place measures and interventions to prevent
child marriage.
(2)
Any expenditure relating to the measures and interventions put
in place, in terms of subsection (1), shall be paid out of the antichild marriage fund established in accordance with section 42 or
such
other
funds,
directly
budgeted
for
such
purposes,
appropriated, by the Government, to an appropriate authority.
24.
Prohibition of solemnisation of child marriage
(1)
A person shall not solemnise, conduct, promote, direct or abet
the solemnisation of a marriage which the person suspects or
believes that one party is a child, or both of the parties are
children.
(2)
Where a person is requested to, or is about to, solemnise a
marriage, suspects or believes that one party is a child, or both
of the parties are children, the person shall verify the age of the
child by means of a birth certificate, identification card or other
official document that may reveal the identity and possible age of
the child.
(3)
Where a birth certificate, identification card or other official
document, referred to in subsection (2), is not available or
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