
SRI LANKA


SRI LANKA
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTO ATÉ OS 15 ANOS
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTOS ATÉ OS 18 ANOS
FÊMEA
1%
MACHO
N / D
10%
-
Ano dos dados:
2016
Fonte:
DHS 2016
Ano dos dados:
-
Fonte:
-
IDADE LEGAL PARA CASAMENTO
18
18
IDADE MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA CASAMENTO DEVIDO A EXCEÇÕES LEGAIS
18 or no minimum age
18 or no minimum age
Law(s) which govern marriage and/or child marriage:
General Marriage Registration Ordinance 1995 (amendment), Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act 1954
SOBRE A LEI E QUAISQUER EXCEÇÕES
In 1995, the General Marriage Registration Ordinance was amended to make the legal age of marriage 18. However, Article 22 of the GMRO, which makes provision for consent for the marriage of minors (below the age of 21), was not repealed. In 1997, an amendment was made to Article 22, changing the age of a minor to 'under the age of 18'. In 2002, a case on child marriage was brought, and the Court of Appeal held that 'Since the prohibited age of marriages has been raised to 18 years of age, the absolute bar to marriage must necessarily override the parental authority to give consent to the marriage of a party.' Therefore the minimum legal age of marriage under the GMRO is deemed to be 18 with no exceptions.
However, for Sri Lankan Muslims (c.10% of the population), marriage is governed by the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act. This Act has no minimum age for marriage, although marriage for girls under the age of 12 require the permission of a Sharia court judge (quazi). Despite repeated agreements in the Sri Lankan parliament to amend the act by raising the minimum age to 18, no amendment has yet occurred.
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No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.
