Minimum age for women to marry increased to 18 in Kedah, one year jail for polygamy without permission

By LIiEW JIA XIAN

ALOR STAR: The Kedah state assembly has passed the amendment to the Islamic Family Law (Kedah Darul Aman) Enactment 2022 Bill 2022 regarding the age limit for marriage and polygamy law.

Speaker Datuk Juhari Bulat said the amendment involved raising the age of marriage for women from 16 to 18 years old as well as the punishment for polygamy without court permission.

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