Private Member's Bill introduced declaring minimum age for marriage

SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon has introduced a Private Member's Bill declaring the minimum age of marriage for children as 18 years.

This is the first Private Member’s Bill of the 9th Parliament and the relevant Bill was handed over to the General Secretary of the House, Dhammika Dasanayake on Wednesday (26).

Tennakoon noted that children should be given equal rights despite their nationalities and that this law should be established in the country without delay.