(EVIEW OF LAWS, IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS : 51 imprisonment instead of three months and increased fine which may extend to one lakh rupees). Organisers of mass marriages where child marriages were performed could also be punished. There would also be provision for Child Marriage Prevention Officers and their duties. 5.11 The above amendments suggested by Justice Smt. SujataV Manohar with regard to the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 were subsequently discussed in a meeting organised under the Chairmanship of Justice Shri J.S. Verma on 6 February, 2002 in the presence of the Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, the Secretary-General and senior officials of the Commission. In this meeting, the amendments proposed by Justice Smt. Sujata V Manohar were approved with minor modifications and they are now enclosed as Annexure 5. The meeting also suggested that there should be a law to provide for this compulsory registration of marriages. However, imtil such time as a law was firamed, a simplified system should be evolved whereby the existing machinery in every State should take care of registration of marriages for those who desire to register their marriages. The Commission also stressed the need to initiate social action by networking with the NGOs in the areas where child marriages were prevalent so as to sensitise the community leaders against such marriages. 5.12 The amendments were placed before a meeting of the Full Commission (where the ex-officio Members were also invited) and were approved. It was further decided to forward the proposed amendments to the concerned Ministry. C] Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 5.13 The working of the Protection of Human Rights, 1993, and the amendments proposed by the Commission to that Act, are of such importance to the promotion and protection of human rights in the country and to the efforts of this Commission, that this report has devoted Chapter II exclusively to an examination of these| matters. There is no need, therefore, in this section of the report, to repeat those considerations. ANNUAL REPORT 2001-2002