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 Page 53 of 78