While presenting the Marriage (Amendment) Bill of 2024 in the National Assembly today, the Legislative Committee has proposed to raise females’ legal age of marriage to 18 years in the Bill, aligning it to other Acts in the country. According to the Chairperson of the Legislative Committee, the Marriage Act of Bhutan, 1980 was amended, however, the section, which states that marriage certificates will be given to males who are above 18 years of age and females who are above 16 years of age, was not amended. The Chairperson added that all other Acts have a uniform legal age of marriage which is 18 years, except that section.
𝗡𝗔'𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀' 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴, 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀While presenting the Marriage (Amendment) Bill of 2024 in the National Assembly today, the Legislative Committee has proposed to raise females’ legal age of marriage to 18 years in the Bill, aligning it to other Acts in the country. According to the Chairperson of the Legislative Committee, the Marriage Act of Bhutan, 1980 was amended, however, the section, which states that marriage certificates will be given to males who are above 18 years of age and females who are above 16 years of age, was not amended. The Chairperson added that all other Acts have a uniform legal age of marriage which is 18 years, except that section.#thimphu #bbs #news #asia #druk #media #bhutan #bhutanese
Posted by BBS on Friday, June 14, 2024
