{"id":2791,"date":"2019-01-10T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-01-10T14:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T14:37:58","slug":"the-consultative-council-has-made-a-decision-to-prohibit-those-under-the-age-18-from-getting-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-consultative-council-has-made-a-decision-to-prohibit-those-under-the-age-18-from-getting-married\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consultative Council Has Made A Decision To Prohibit Those Under The Age Of 18 From Getting Married"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Shoura Council has decided on the rules that accompany early marriages in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

According to the Saudi Gazette,<\/a> the council approved the restriction of marriage contracts for those who are below the age 18 on Wednesday. A draft law previously looked into, has also been approved for minors who seek marriage.<\/p>\n

The council\u2019s speaker Abdullah Al-Sheikh had approved the law that called to prohibit marriage of all minors.<\/p>\n

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The law will ban marriage contracts for those who have not attained the age of 15<\/h3>\n

…male or female.<\/p>\n

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The new draft law means several things…<\/h3>\n

A few new regulations have come up as a result of the council’s deliberations, such as; fixing the age of minor at 18, set out a condition of producing a medical report for the marriage of those under 18, and comply with rules to ensure that those who aren’t qualified for marriage are prevented from it.<\/p>\n

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