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# Child marriage and the law

# Child marriage and the law

No. 126 of 2008, the amendment to Child Law No. 126 of 2008, which tightens the penalty on your daughter, provides that “the minimum penalty shall likewise be increased. Guardianship over him, or the one responsible for her, or its equivalent from before, or (j) shall be punished with imprisonment whoever produced, prepared, displayed, printed, promoted or decisive, and the confiscation of the tools and machines used in committing the crime and the money obtained from it shall be ordered, and the places where it was committed shall be closed for a period of not less than six months, all without prejudice to the rights of third parties acting in good faith ».

As for Article 227/1 of the Penal Code, it provides that “anyone who stated before the authority shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding three hundred pounds. Or freed himself from your feet in the leaves of the trees, or when you are alive. The law, through the marriage contract by an unofficial (urfi) contract and then ratifying the marriage after the girl comes of age



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  • Translated from Arabic

    #Old_Global_Statistics.

    India recorded the highest rate of child marriage, followed by Bangladesh, Brazil and Ethiopia. Today it is most common in countries hosting large numbers of refugees, such as the camps in Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon.

  • Translated from Arabic

    Life is getting worse …. every passing moment is a postponement and a delay, every day, every hour, every minute

    Every moment, innocent dreams are lost; an innocent life full of laughter and play ends and a lifeless life begins. One can breathe but feels suffocated; there is no death certificate, yet life is dark.

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    # The family's embrace.

    Dr. Mustafa Bin Hamza says marrying a woman before the legal age is a crime that prevents the marriage being registered, leaves her at her husband's mercy and at risk of losing all her rights, especially on divorce.