Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013

The Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013, passed in 2014, in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in Pakistan , prohibits the marriage of any child under the age of eighteen years old. The act provides penalties for a male contracting party, the person who solemnizes the marriage as well as the parent or guardian concerned.[1]

Sindh was Pakistan's first province to have passed a bill on child marriages [2]

References
  1. https://www.dawn.com/news/1112097Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act comes into effect
  2. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/464780-landmark-legislation-aimed-at-ending-early-marriages-in-sindh-being-poorly-implemented


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