PARIT BUNTAR: The law which allows Muslim women and men, if they get permission from the court, mentri besar or chief minister, to get married at the age of 16 and 18 respectively, will probably be abolished in the future.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said this was to pave the way for a new law to be drafted that would ban child marriages.
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