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State has right to set minimum age for marriage, FSC

The Federal Shariat Court Islamabad dismissed a petition which was related to child marriage law. The Court declared, State has authority to set minimum age for marriage.

Islamabad, 6 March 2023 (GNP): The ruling on the argument regarding the legal minimum age for marriage was made public by the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday.

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According to specifics, a bench consisting of Justice Khadim Hussain M. Sheikh and Acting Chief Judge Syed Muhammad Anwer pronounced the decision.

The state has the power to choose the minimum age for marriage, the court ruled.

The court additionally declared that the state’s choice to establish a minimum marriage age does not conflict with Islam.

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The Hon’ble Federal Shariat Court dismissed a petition today that contested Sindh’s child marriage law’s requirement that marriages take place at least 18 years of age.

The Court ruled that the state has the power to set the minimum age for marriage and that the statute does not conflict with Islamic edicts.

The Sindh Marriage Restriction Act of 2013’s sections 2(A) and 8 were rejected by the court in response to a citizen’s petition.

According to the Sindh Child Marriage Restriction Act, “anyone, being a male over the age of eighteen, who forms a child marriage must be punished with rigorous imprisonment which shall not exceed two years, may last up to three years, but not less than two, and will result in a fine.”

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