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Section 10

Avoidance of marriages where either party is under minimum age for marriage

of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976

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Section 10

Any marriage purported to be solemnized in Malaysia shall be void if at the date of the marriage either party is under the age of eighteen years unless, for a female who has completed her sixteenth year, the solemnization of such marriage was authorized by a licence granted by the Chief Minister under subsection 21(2).