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Subject: Good for Pakistan
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urvoice1 29.04.14 - 07:59pm
Sindh Assembly passes bill declaring marriage below 18 punishable by law. KARACHI: Declaring the marriage below age of 18, both for girl and boy, as punishable with three years imprisonment, the Sindh Assembly on Monday adopted Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2013 into law unanimously.The lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches termed the passage of the child marriage restraint bill into law as an historical achievement of the provincial assembly, which has taken lead on other provinces * +
urvoice1 29.04.14 - 07:59pm
provinces by banning the child marriage with legislation. * +
urvoice1 29.04.14 - 08:00pm
The new law states: Whoever, being a male above 18 years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment, which may extend to three years but shall not be less than two years and shall be liable to fine, besides whoever performs, conducts, directs, brings about or in any way facilitates any child marriage shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of three years, unless he proves that he had reason to believe that the marriage was not a child marriage. * +
bozzalad 29.04.14 - 08:21pm
oh look, a get out clause. * +
urvoice1 29.04.14 - 08:23pm
Will be interesting to see how many get convicted, or whether it is just a law in name only. * +
urvoice1 29.04.14 - 08:29pm
The passage of the bill comes on the heel's of controversy that was ignited after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had ruled in March that prohibition of under-age marriage was un-Islamic. The CII had ruled that children of any age could get married if they attain p*berty. * +
urvoice1 29.04.14 - 08:31pm
At least this Province is willing to attempt to safeguard children and young people. Let's hope they can. * +
bozzalad 29.04.14 - 08:31pm
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