The Legal Acts That Made Moves The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Also known as the Sharda Act) Age of Consent Act, 1891 (Also known as Act X of 1891) Section 377 in The Indian Penal Code William Bentinck: On Ritual Murder in India, 1829 Map for Reference Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Also known as the Sharda Act) This act changed the legal marriageable age for boys and girls in India. It had been amended in 1949 and again in 1978 after the British left India. ← The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 Age of Consent Act, 1891 (Also known as Act X of 1891) → Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Also known as the Sharda Act)