Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013

The Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013, passed in 2014, in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh , prohibits the marriage of any child under the age of eighteen years old and 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]

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