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This Day That Age
The Lok Sabha on September 7 passed a Communist amendment to Clause 4 of the Special Marriage Bill changing the minimum age-limit for marriage. As a result of the amendment, the age-limit would now be 18 years in the case of females and 21 in the case of males. The Bill, as passed by Rajya Sabha, had laid down 21 years as the minimum age in both cases. This decision followed a rather tense and neck-and-neck voting. The amendment was carried by 118 votes to 108. The voting came at the end of a five-and-half hour discussion during which various ages ranging from 15 to 35 were suggested. The Chairman, Mr. H.V. Pataskar, first declared the amendment lost on a voice vote. Immediately division was demanded by the supporters of the new proposal and the House divided to register a free vote. Prime Minister Nehru, Maulana Azad and some other Ministers voted against the amendment, while Mr. Jagjivan Ram, Communications Minister, and several other Congressmen voted for it along with practically the entire Opposition.
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