 bill no 18 of  2018 the special marriage (amendment) bill, 2018 by shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp a billfurther to amend the special marriage act, 1954be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the special marriage (amendment) act, 2018short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint:5provided that different dates may be appointed for different states43 of 1954amendment of section 42 in the special marriage act, 1954, in section 4, after clause (c), the following clauseshall be inserted, namely:—"(a) parents of both the parties to the marriage have given their consent to themarriage:10provided that in case of absence of the consent of parents of the female, the age ofthe female for the solemnization of the marriage shall be twenty-one years;" statement of objects and reasonsour country has traditional values and the children grow up with customs and moral values but, the number of inter-caste marriages by persuading and misguiding the girls in the country is increasing day by day among these, the number of girls having inter-caste marriage between the age of eighteen to twenty-one years is the maximum the situation gets worse when the girls who enter into inter-caste marriage in a frivolous manner are tortured and their life becomes hellthe age of eighteen years for girls is such an age when the process of mental, emotional and intellectual development gets pace and the mind does not focus on one thing their mind are filled with questions and the slightest binding on freedom seems them obstructing and force them on undertaking the things right or wrong in their own way onlysince marriage is a very important part of the life, it is necessary that if a girl does intercaste marriage, the consent of her parents must be taken keeping in view her future life or the age stipulated for marriage of a girl which at present is 18 years be made 21 years so that she could be ponder over the correctness of inter-caste marriage very efficientlythus, the bill seeks to amend the special marriage act, 1954 with a view to save the life of such innocent girls who enter into inter-caste marriage by persuasion or frivolityhence this billnew delhi;gopal  chinayya  shettydecember 29, 2017 annexure extract from the special marriage act, 1954 (43 of 1954)   4 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law  for the time being in force relating to the solemnization of marriages, a marriage between any two persons may be solemnized under this act, if at the time of the marriage the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—conditions relating to solemnization of special marriages(a)    (b)    (c) the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years;     lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the special marriage act, 1954————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—3661ls(s3)—23012018