Data for 2019 and 2017 Version: July 7, 2020

14 Non-scored Questions

- What is the legal age of marriage for girls? - Are there any exceptions to the legal age of marriage? - Is marriage under the legal age void or explicitly prohibited? - Are there penalties for authorizing or entering into child or early marriage? - Is there legislation that specifically addresses sexual harassment? - Does the legislation establish clear criminal penalties for domestic violence? - Is there a specialized court or procedure for cases of domestic violence? - Can a woman obtain a national identity card in the same way as a married man? - Can a married woman legally confer citizenship to her children in the same way as a married man? - Can an unmarried woman legally confer citizenship to her children in the same way as a married man? - Can a married woman legally confer her citizenship to a non-national spouse in the same way as a married man? - Do married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family’s expenses? - Does a woman’s testimony carry the same evidentiary weight in court as a man's in all types of cases? - Is customary law a valid source of law under the constitution? Year Economy EconomyCode Region IncomeGroup 2019 Afghanistan AFG South Asia Low income 2019 Albania ALB Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Algeria DZA Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Angola AGO Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Antigua and Barbuda ATG Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Argentina ARG Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Armenia ARM Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Australia AUS High income: OECD High income 2019 Austria AUT High income: OECD High income 2019 Azerbaijan AZE Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Bahamas, The BHS Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Bahrain BHR Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Bangladesh BGD South Asia Low income 2019 Barbados BRB Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Belarus BLR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Belgium BEL High income: OECD High income 2019 Belize BLZ Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Benin BEN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Bhutan BTN South Asia Lower middle income 2019 Bolivia BOL Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Botswana BWA Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Brazil BRA Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Brunei Darussalam BRN East Asia & Pacific High income 2019 Bulgaria BGR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Burkina Faso BFA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Burundi BDI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Cabo Verde CPV Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Cambodia KHM East Asia & Pacific Low income 2019 Cameroon CMR Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Canada CAN High income: OECD High income 2019 Central African RepublicCAF Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Chad TCD Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Chile CHL Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 China CHN East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Colombia COL Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Comoros COM Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Congo, Dem. Rep. ZAR Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Congo, Rep. COG Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Costa Rica CRI Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Côte d'Ivoire CIV Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Croatia HRV Europe & Central Asia High income 2019 Cyprus CYP Europe & Central Asia High income 2019 Czech Republic CZE High income: OECD High income 2019 Denmark DNK High income: OECD High income 2019 Djibouti DJI Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 Dominica DMA Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Dominican Republic DOM Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Ecuador ECU Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 El Salvador SLV Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Equatorial Guinea GNQ Sub-Saharan Africa High income 2019 Eritrea ERI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Estonia EST High income: OECD High income 2019 Eswatini SWZ Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Ethiopia ETH Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Fiji FJI East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Finland FIN High income: OECD High income 2019 France FRA High income: OECD High income 2019 Gabon GAB Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Gambia, The GMB Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Georgia GEO Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Germany DEU High income: OECD High income 2019 Ghana GHA Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Greece GRC High income: OECD High income 2019 Grenada GRD Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Guatemala GTM Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Guinea GIN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Guinea-Bissau GNB Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Guyana GUY Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Haiti HTI Latin America & CaribbeanLow income 2019 Honduras HND Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Hong Kong SAR, China HKG East Asia & Pacific High income 2019 Hungary HUN High income: OECD Upper middle income 2019 Iceland ISL High income: OECD High income 2019 India IND South Asia Lower middle income 2019 Indonesia IDN East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Iran, Islamic Rep. IRN Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Iraq IRQ Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Ireland IRL High income: OECD High income 2019 Israel ISR High income: OECD High income 2019 Italy ITA High income: OECD High income 2019 Jamaica JAM Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Japan JPN High income: OECD High income 2019 Jordan JOR Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Kazakhstan KAZ Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Kenya KEN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Kiribati KIR East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Korea, Rep. KOR High income: OECD High income 2019 Kosovo KSV Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Kuwait KWT Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Kyrgyz Republic KGZ Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Lao PDR LAO East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Latvia LVA High income: OECD High income 2019 Lebanon LBN Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Lesotho LSO Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Liberia LBR Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Libya LBY Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Lithuania LTU High income: OECD High income 2019 Luxembourg LUX High income: OECD High income 2019 Madagascar MDG Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Malawi MWI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Malaysia MYS East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Maldives MDV South Asia Upper middle income 2019 Mali MLI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Malta MLT Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Marshall Islands MHL East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Mauritania MRT Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Mauritius MUS Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Mexico MEX Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. FSM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Moldova MDA Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Mongolia MNG East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Montenegro MNE Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Morocco MAR Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 Mozambique MOZ Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Myanmar MMR East Asia & Pacific Low income 2019 Namibia NAM Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Nepal NPL South Asia Low income 2019 Netherlands NLD High income: OECD High income 2019 New Zealand NZL High income: OECD High income 2019 Nicaragua NIC Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Niger NER Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Nigeria NGA Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 North Macedonia MKD Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Norway NOR High income: OECD High income 2019 Oman OMN Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Pakistan PAK South Asia Lower middle income 2019 Palau PLW East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Panama PAN Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Papua New Guinea PNG East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Paraguay PRY Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income 2019 Peru PER Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Philippines PHL East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Poland POL High income: OECD High income 2019 Portugal PRT High income: OECD High income 2019 Puerto Rico (U.S.) PRI Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Qatar QAT Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Romania ROM Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Russian Federation RUS Europe & Central Asia High income 2019 Rwanda RWA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Samoa WSM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 San Marino SMR Europe & Central Asia High income 2019 São Tomé and Príncipe STP Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Saudi Arabia SAU Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 Senegal SEN Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Serbia SRB Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Seychelles SYC Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 Sierra Leone SLE Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Singapore SGP East Asia & Pacific High income 2019 Slovak Republic SVK High income: OECD High income 2019 Slovenia SVN High income: OECD High income 2019 Solomon Islands SLB East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Somalia SOM Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 South Africa ZAF Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income 2019 South Sudan SSD Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Spain ESP High income: OECD High income 2019 Sri Lanka LKA South Asia Lower middle income 2019 St. Kitts and Nevis KNA Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 St. Lucia LCA Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 St. Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Sudan SDN Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Suriname SUR Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Sweden SWE High income: OECD High income 2019 Switzerland CHE High income: OECD High income 2019 Syrian Arab Republic SYR Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 Taiwan, China TWN East Asia & Pacific High income 2019 Tajikistan TJK Europe & Central Asia Low income 2019 Tanzania TZA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Thailand THA East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Timor-Leste TMP East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Togo TGO Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Tonga TON East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 2019 Trinidad and Tobago TTO Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Tunisia TUN Middle East & North AfricaUpper middle income 2019 Turkey TUR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 2019 Uganda UGA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 2019 Ukraine UKR Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 United Arab Emirates ARE Middle East & North AfricaHigh income 2019 United Kingdom GBR High income: OECD High income 2019 United States USA High income: OECD High income 2019 Uruguay URY Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income 2019 Uzbekistan UZB Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 2019 Vanuatu VUT East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 Venezuela, RB VEN Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income 2019 Vietnam VNM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 2019 West Bank and Gaza WBG Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 Yemen, Rep. YEM Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2019 Zambia ZMB Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 2019 Zimbabwe ZWE Sub-Saharan Africa Low income What is the legal Are there any Is marriage under the age of marriage exceptions to the legal legal age void or for girls? Legal Bases age of marriage? Legal Bases explicitly prohibited? 16 Civil Code, Art. 70 Yes Civil Code, Art. 71 Yes 18 Family Code, Art. 7 Yes Family Code, Art. 7 Yes 19 Code de la Famille, Art. 7 Yes Code de la Famille, Art. 7 Yes 18 Family Code, Art. 24(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 24(2-3) Yes 18 The Marriage Act, Sec. 26(1) Yes The Marriage Act, Secs. 25, 26 andYes Second Schedule 18 Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación,Yes Art. 403(f)Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación,Yes Art. 404 18 Family Code, Art. 10(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 10(1) Yes 18 Marriage Act 1961, Secs. 5 and 11Yes Marriage Act 1961, Secs. 12 and 13Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 1(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 1 Yes 18 Family Code, Art. 10 Yes Family Code, Art. 10.2 Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 20(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 20(2) and 50 Yes .. No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ministerial Order No. 1 of 2016, Art.No 12; Family Law No. 19 of 2009, Art. 20 18 The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017,Yes Sec. 2(i),(iii)The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017,No Sec. 19 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 2 and 26(1); MinorsYes Act, 1974,Marriage Sec. 3 Act, Sec. 4(1) and 26 Yes 18 Marriage and Family Code, Article Yes18 Marriage and Family Code, Art. 18Yes 18 Code Civil, Art 144 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 145 and 148 Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 5(3) Yes Marriage Act, Secs. 4(1), 5(1) and 6Yes 18 Loi No. 2002-07 Portant Code des Yespersonnes et deLoi la No. famille, 2002-07 Arts. Portant 120 and Code 123 des Yespersonnes et de la famille, Arts. 120 and 123 18 Marriage Act of Bhutan, 1980, KhaNo 1-11 and 8-20;No Child applicable Care and provisions Protection could Act be of locatedNoBhutan 2011, Art. 16 18 Código Civil, Art. 4; Código de las FamiliasYes y del ProcesoCódigo deFamiliar, las Familias Art. 139 y del ProcesoNo Familiar, Art. 139 18 Family Law of the Federation of theYes Bosnia and Herzegovina,Family Law of Art. the 15 Federation (1) ; Family of LawtheYes Bosniathe Republika and Herzegovina, Srpska, Art. Art. 36 15(1) (2); Family Law the Republika Srpska, Art. 36 (2) 21 Marriage Act, Secs. 14 and 15 Yes Marriage Act, Secs. 14 and 15 No 18 Civil Code, Arts 5 and 1.517 Yes Civil Code, Art 1.517 No 18 Registration of Marriages Act, Sec.Yes 4(1)(c); MarriageRegistration Act, Secs. of 2 Marriages and 7(1) Act, Sec.Yes 4(1)(c); Marriage Act, Sec. 7(1) 18 Family Code, Art. 6(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 6(2) Yes 20 Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Arts. 241 etCode 554 des Personnes et de la Famille,No Arts. 238 et 241 21 Code des Loi N° 1/024 du 28 Avril 1993Yes Portant RéformeCode des du Loi Code N° 1/024 des Personnes du 28 Avril et 1993Yes de la Portant Famille, Réforme Arts. 88, du 89 Code and 335 des Personnes et de la Famille, Arts. 88-92 18 Civil Code, Arts. 133 and 1566 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 1567(a), 1570(1)(d)Yes and 1575 18 The Civil Code of Cambodia, Art. 948;Yes Marriage andThe Family Civil Code Law of of Cambodia, Cambodia, Arts. Arts. 948 Yes4-5 and 953; Marriage and Family Law of Cambodia, Arts. 5 and 22 21 Ordonnance No. 81/002 du 29 JuinYes 1981, Art. 64(2)Ordonnance ; Code Civil, No. Art. 81/002 488 du 29 JuinNo 1981, Arts. 52 and 64(2) 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 5(1); The Age ofYes Majority Act,Marriage Sec. 2 Act, Sec. 5 and 6 No 18 Loi No. 97.013 portant Code de la YesFamille, Arts. 209Loi No.et 211 97.013 portant Code de la YesFamille, Arts. 209 et 211 21 Code Civil, Arts. 158 et 159 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 148, 158 and 159;Yes Décret 029/PR/2015 du 21 juillet 2015 ratifiant l'Ordonnance No. 006/PR/2015 Portant Interdiction du Marriage d'Enfants, Arts. 1-3 18 Código Civl, Art. 106 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 107 y 109-112; LeyYes de Matrimonio Civil No. 19.947, Art. 5(3) 20 Marriage Law of the People's RepublicNo of China, NoArt. applicable 6 provisions could be locatedYes 18 Código Civil, Art. 116 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 117, 140 Yes .. Code de la Famille, Arts. 14 et 21-23Yes Code de la Famille, Art. 15 No 18 Loi n° 09/001 du 10 janvier 2009 portantNo protectionNo applicable de l'enfant, provisions Arts. 2 et could 48; Loi be No. locatedNo 16/008 du 15 Juillet 2016 Modifiant et Complétant la Loi No. 87-010 du 1er Aout 1987 Portant Code de la Famille, Art. 352 18 Code de la Famille, Art. 128 Yes Code de la Famille, Arts. 128 and 130-133Yes 18 Código de Familia, Art. 14(7) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Loi N° 2019-570 du 26 juin 2019 relativeNo au mariage,No applicable Art. 2 provisions could be locatedYes 18 Family Law, Art. 25(1) Yes Family Law, Art. 25(2) Yes 18 Marriage Law of 2003, Sec. 14(3)(a)Yes Marriage Law of 2003, Sec. 15(1) Yes 18 Civil Code, Act No. 89/2012, Secs. 30(1)Yes and 672(1)Civil Code, Act No. 89/2012, Sec. 672(2)Yes 18 Guidance Note No. 9045 of 01/24/2017No on the TreatmentNo applicable of Matrimonial provisions could Matters, be locatedYes Sec. 2.2 .. Code de la Famille, Arts. 7, 13, 14 andYes 169 Code de la Famille, Arts. 14 and 16Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 30(2) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 29(2) and 30(1)Yes 18 Ley No. 4999, Art. 4(1) Yes Ley No. 4999, Art. 4 Yes 18 Código Civil, Art. 83 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Law No. 126 of 2008 Amending theNo Civil Status lawNo (No.applicable 143 of provisions 1994) Art. could5 (31 bebis) Yeslocated 18 Código de Família, Art. 14 Yes Código de Família, Arts. 14 y 18 Yes 23 Código Civil, Arts. 45(1) y 320 Yes Código Civil, Art. 48 Yes 18 Constitution of Eritrea article 22(2)No ; TransitionalNo Civil applicable Code, Art. provisions 46(2) could be locatedNo 18 Family Act, Sec. 1(2); Civil Code, Sec.Yes 8(2) Family Act, Sec. 1(3,4) Yes 21 Marriage Act, 1964, Sec. 3(2) Yes Marriage Act, 1964, Sec. 3 No 18 Revised Family Code, Art. 7(1) Yes Revised Family Code, Art. 7(2) Yes 18 Marriage Act (Amendment) DecreeNo 2009, Part 2,No Secs. applicable 2 and 3(12) provisions could be locatedYes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 4 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo 18 Code Civil, Arts. 144 et 414 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 145 et 148-160 Yes 21 Code Civil, Art. 205 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 203 et 205 No 18 Children's Act, 2005, Secs. 2 and 24No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Civil Code, Art. 1108(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Civil Code, Secs. 2 and 1303(1) Yes Civil Code, Sec. 1303(2) Yes 18 The Children's Act, 1998, Sec. 14(2)No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo 18 Civil Code, Art. 1350 Yes Civil Code, Art. 1350 Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 20(1) Yes Marriage Act, Secs. 3(3) and 20(2)-(4)Yes 18 Decreto Número 8-2015, Art. 1 (CódigoNo Civil, Art.No 81) applicable provisions could be locatedNo 21 Code Civil, Art. 284; Code de L'EnfantYes Guinéen, Arts.Code 268 Civil, et Arts.269 280 et 284; Code deYes lEnfant Guinéen, Arts. 268 et 269 18 Civil Code, Arts. 130, 1612 and 1649;Yes Law 5/76, Art.Civil 1 Code, Arts. 1601(a) and 1612Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 31(2) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 31-33 Yes 18 Code Civil, Art. 139 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 133, 136 et 139 Yes 21 Código de Família, Art. 16 Yes Código de Familia, Arts. 16 y 17 Yes 21 Marriage Ordinance, Sec. 14(1)(a) Yes Marriage Ordinance, Sec. 14(1) andYes Schedule 3 18 Civil Code, Secs. 2:10 (1) and 4:9 (1)Yes Civil Code, Secs. 4:9(2)-(4) Yes 18 Law No. 31/1993 on Marriage, Art.Yes 7 Law No. 31/1993 on Marriage, Art.No 7 18 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,No Sec. 2(a,b);No Hindu applicable Marriage provisions Act, Sec. could 5(III) be locatedYes 21 Indonesian Marriage Law No.1 of 1974,Yes Art. 6(2)Indonesian Marriage Law No.1 of 1974,Yes Arts. 6 and 7 .. Civil Code, Arts. 1041 and 1043 Yes Civil Code, Art. 1041 No 18 Personal Status Law, Art. 7(1) Yes Personal Status Law, Art. 8 No 18 Family Law Act (1995), Sec. 31(1)(a)(i)Yes Family Law Act (1995), Sec. 33 Yes 18 Age of Marriage Law, Art. 1; Legal YesCapacity and GuardianshipAge of Marriage Act, Law, Art. Art.3 5 Yes 18 Civil Code, Arts. 2 and 84 Yes Civil Code, Art. 84 Yes 18 The Marriage Act, Sec. 24 Yes The Marriage Act, Secs. 3(2) and 24Yes 20 Civil Code (Act No. 89 of April 1896,Yes as amended),Civil Arts. Code, 4 and Arts. 737 731 and 737 Yes .. Personal Status Code of 2010, Arts.Yes 14 and 19 Personal Status Law of 2010, Art. 10(b)Yes 18 Marriage (Matrimony) and Family YesCode, Art. 10(1)Marriage (Matrimony) and Family YesCode, Art. 10(2) 18 Marriage Act, 2014, Sec. 4 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 21 Marriage Ordinance, Sec. 7 Yes Marriage (Amendment) Act 2002, YesSec. 2; Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 54), Sec. 7 19 Civil Act, Arts. 4, 801 and 808 Yes Civil Act, Arts. 4, 807 and 808 Yes 18 Family Law of Kosovo, Arts. 15 andYes 16(1) Family Law of Kosovo, Arts. 16(2) andYes (3) .. Personal Status Law, Art. 26 Yes Personal Status Law, Arts. 8 and 26No 18 Family Code, Art. 14(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 14(2) Yes 18 Family Law, Art. 9(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Civil Law, Sec. 32 Yes Civil Law, Sec. 33 Yes .. ; .. ; .. 18 Children's Protection and Welfare YesAct, Art. 3; MarriageMarriage Act, Act, Arts. Arts. 25(2) 25(2), and 26(1) 27(1) andNo 27(1) 18 Domestic Relations Law, Sec. 2.2(1);Yes Children's LawDomestic of 2011, Relations Article VI,Law, Sec. Sec. 4(a) 2.2(2)Yes .. Law No. 10 of 1984, Arts. 6(b) ; LawYes No. 14 of 2015Law No. 14 of 2015, Art. 1(Art. 6(b))No 18 Civil Code, Art. 3.14(1) Yes Civil Code, Art. 3.14(2)-(5) Yes 18 Code Civil, Arts. 148 et 488 Yes Code Civil, Art. 148 No 18 Loi n°2007-022, Art. 3 Yes Loi n°2007-022, Art. 3 Yes 18 Republic of Malawi (Constitution) Act,No Sec. 15; Marriage,No applicable Divorce provisions and Family could Relations be locatedNo Act, Sec. 15 .. Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories)Yes Act 1984,Islamic Secs. 8Family and 13 Law (Federal Territories)Yes Act 1984, Sec. 8 .. Family Act, Secs. 4(a) and 9 Yes Family Act, Sec. 4(b) Yes 16 Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Art. 281 Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Art. 281 18 Marriage Act, Art. 3; Civil Code, Art.Yes 150 Marriage Act, Art. 3 Yes 18 Birth, Death and Marriage RegistrationNo (amendment)No applicable Act 2016, provisions Sec. 2 could be locatedYes .. Code du Statut Personnel, Arts. 6 andYes 9 Code du Statut Personnel, Arts. 6(1)No 18 Civil Code, Sec. 144 Yes Civil Code, Sec. 145 Yes 18 Código Civil para el Distrito Federal,No Art. 148;LeyNo General applicable de los provisions Derechos couldde las be Niñas, locatedYes Niños y Adolescentes, Art. 45 18 Pohnpei Code, Title 51, Ch. 2 Yes Pohnpei Code, Title 51, Ch. 2, §2-101No 18 Family Code, Art. 14(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 14(2) Yes 18 Family Law, Art. 6.1 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Family Law, Art. 24 Yes Family Law, Art. 24 Yes 18 Code de la Famille, Art. 19 Yes Code de la Famille, Arts. 20 et 21 No 18 Family Law No. 10/2004, Arts. 19 andYes 30 Family Law N.10/2004, Art. 30(2) Yes 20 The Child Rights Law 2019, Sec. 23;Yes Buddhist Women'sBuddhist Special Women's Marriage Special Law Marriage 2015,No Sec.4 and Succession Act, Sec. 4(c) 21 Marriage Act 25 of 1961, Sec. 24(2);Yes Child Care andChild Protection Care and Act, Protection 2015, Sec. Act, 10(10) 2015,No Sec. 10(10); Married Persons Equality Act, 1996, Sec. 24 20 Marriage Registration Act, 2028(1971),No Chap. 2, Sec.No applicable 4(c); Muluki provisions Civil ( Code) could Act be 2074 locatedNo B.S, Sec 70 (1)(d) 18 Civil Code, Art. 1:31 Yes Civil Code, Art. 1:31(2)(3) Yes 18 Marriage Act 1955, Secs. 2(1) and Yes18 Marriage Act 1955, Secs. 17-19 No 18 Código de Familia, Art. 54 Yes Código de Familia, Arts. 54, 57(a) yYes 58(c) 21 Code Civil, Arts. 148, 148 et 388 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 144,145, 148 et 158 Yes 21 Marriage Act, Sec. 18 Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 18 Yes 18 Family Law, Art. 16 Yes Family Law, Art. 16 Yes 18 The Marriage Act, Sec. 1a No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo .. Decree No. 32 of 1997, Arts. 7, 10,Yes 16 and 19 Decree No. 32 of 1997, Art. 10(c) No 18 The Sindh Child Marriages RestraintNo Act, 2013, Secs.No applicable 2(a) and 3 provisions could be locatedNo 18 Domestic Relations, Sec. 201(a) Yes Domestic Relations, Sec. 201(a) Yes 18 Ley Núm. 30, Arts. 1-2 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 21 Marriage Act 1963, Secs. 1(1) and Yes8(1) Marriage Act 1963, Secs. 7-9 and 11Yes 18 Ley No. 5419/15, Art. 1 Yes Ley No. 5419/15, Art. 1(20) Yes 18 Código Civil, Arts. 42, 241(1) y 244;CódigoYes de losCódigo Niños y Civil, Adolescentes, Arts. 241(1) Ley y 244;CódigoNo. 27337,Yes Art.de los I Niños y Adolescentes, Ley No. 27337, Arts. I y 113 25 The Family Code of the Philippines,Yes Arts. 14-15 The Family Code of the Philippines,Yes Arts. 14-15 18 Family and Guardianship Code, Art.Yes 10(1) Family and Guardianship Code, Art.Yes 10(1) and (3) 18 Civil Code, Arts. 130, 1597(2) and 1612(1)Yes Civil code, Arts. 1597 (2), 1601 (a) Yesand 1612 21 Código Civil, Art. 74 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 70(4)-(5), 74 y 77Yes .. Family Law No. 22 of 2006, Arts. 12,Yes 26, 28 and 29Family Law No. 22 of 2006, Art. 17Yes 18 Civil Code, Art. 272(1) Yes Civil Code, Art. 272(2)-(5) Yes 18 Family Code, Art. 13(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 13(2) Yes 21 Law Governing Persons and Family,No Art. 168 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 19 Marriage Ordinance 1961, Sec. 10(1)Yes Marriage Ordinance 1961, Secs. 9 andNo 10 18 Reform of Family Law, Art. 4; Law Yeson the Age of ReformMajority, of Art. Family 1 Law, Art. 4 Yes 18 Law no. 2/77, Art. 171; Law No. 19/2018,Yes Arts. 20Law and 2/77, 22(d) Art. 3(2)-(4) Yes .. ; .. ; No 18 Code de la Famille, Arts. 109 et 276Yes Code de la Famille, Arts. 109 et 111Yes 18 Family Law, Art. 11 Yes Family Law, Arts. 11 and 23 Yes 18 Civil Status Act, Secs. 40, 46 and 47Yes Civil Status Act, Secs. 40, 46 and 47Yes 18 Child Rights Act 2007, Sec. 34(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo 21 Women's Charter, Secs. 2 and 13 Yes Women's Charter, Secs. 9, 13, 17(2)Yes and 21(2); Women's Charter (Amendment) Act 2016, Sec. 7(17) 18 Family Act, Sec. 11 Yes Family Act, Sec. 11 Yes 18 Family Code, Arts. 5 and 24 Yes Family Code, Art. 24(2) Yes 18 Islanders' Marriage Act, Sec. 10(3)Yes Islanders' Marriage Act, Sec. 10(1) Noand (3) 18 Family Law, Art. 16 Yes Family Law, Arts. 16-17 No 18 Marriage Act, 1961, Sec. 24(1); Children'sYes Act 38 Marriageof 2005, Sec.Amendment 17 Act, 1981, Sec.No 2(26)(1); Children's Act 38 of 2005, Sec. 18(3)(c)(i) 18 Child Act, Secs. 5 and 23(1); ConstitutionNo of SouthernNo applicable Sudan, Art. provisions 17(4) could be locatedNo 18 Código Civil, Arts. 46 y 315 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 46(1), 314 y 317Yes 18 Marriage Registration Ordinance, Sec.Yes 15 ; GunaratnamMarriage vs. Registration Registra General Ordinance, Sec.Yes 22 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 36 Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 28(2)-(3), 36 andYes Second Schedule 18 Civil Code, Arts. 85 and 213 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 81, 85 and 89 Yes 18 Marriage Act, Sec. 25(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 4(1) and 25(2)-(3)Yes .. No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code of Muslim Personal Law 1991,No Art. 40 18 Civil Code, Arts. 31(1) and 233 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 31(2) and 35(1)-(3)Yes 18 Marriage Code (1987: 230), Ch. 2, Sec.No 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes 18 Swiss Civil Code, Art. 94 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes .. Personal Status Law, Arts. 16, 20 andYes 27 Personal Status Law, Arts. 18, 20 andNo 27 20 Civil Code, Art. 12 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 980, 981, 1086 andNo 1098 18 Family Code, Art. 13(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 13(2) Yes 18 The Law of Marriage Act, Secs. 13(1)Yes and 17 The Law of Marriage Act, Secs. 13(2)Yes and 17 20 Civil and Commercial Code, Secs. 19Yes and 1436 Civil and Commercial Code, Secs. 1448Yes and 1454 17 Civil Code, Arts. 118 and 1500(1) Yes Civil Code, Arts. 1490(a), 1493(a) andYes 1500 18 Code de l'Enfant de 2007, Art. 267;Yes Code des PersonnesCode de et l'Enfant de la Famille de 2007, de Art.2012, 267;Code Art.No 43 des Personnes et de la Famille de 2012, Art. 43 18 Births, Deaths and Marriages RegistrationYes Act, Sec.Births, 6 Deaths and Marriages RegistrationNo Act, Sec. 6 18 Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage)No Act, 2017, Art.No applicable3(e) provisions can be locatedYes 18 Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 5 Yes Code du Statut Personnel, Arts. 5 etYes 6 18 Civil Code, Arts. 11, 12 and 126 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 12 and 124 No 21 Marriage Act 1904, Sec. 17 Yes Marriage Act 1904, Secs. 17-19; ConstitutionNo of the Republic of Uganda 1995, Sec. 31(1) 18 Family Code, Art. 22(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 23(2) Yes .. Personal Status Law, Art. 39 Yes Personal Status Law, Art. 30(2) No 18 Marriage Act 1949, Sec. 3;Family LawYes Reform ActMarriage 1969, Sec. Act 2 1949, Secs. 2 and 3(1)Yes 18 N. Y. Domestic Relations Act, Sec. 7Yes Domestic Relations Act, Sec. 15(3)Yes 18 Código Civil, Arts. 106 y 109 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 106-110; Ley No.No 19.075, Art. 26 18 Family Code, Art. 15 Yes Family Code, Art. 15 Yes 21 Control of Marriage Act, Sec. 3 Yes Control of Marriage Act, Secs. 2 andNo 3 18 Código Civil, Arts. 18 y 59 Yes Código Civil, Arts. 46 y 59-65; SentenciaNo No. 1353 de la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia del 16 de octubre de 2014 18 Law on Marriage and Family, Art. 8(1)(a)No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes .. Personal Status Code of 1976, Arts.Yes 5 and 6 Personal Status Code of 1976, Arts.Yes 5 and 6 .. No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Republican Decision of Law No. 24No of 1999 Concerning Personal Status Amended, Art. 15 21 Marriage Act, Sec. 17 Yes Marriage Act, Secs. 17 and 33 Yes 18 Constitution of Zimbabwe, Secs. 26(b),No 78 and 81;No Marriage applicable Act provisions [Chapter 5:11],could beSec. locatedNo 20 Are there penalties for authorizing or entering Is there legislation that into child or early specifically addresses Legal Bases marriage? Legal Bases sexual harassment? Legal Bases Civil Code, Art. 71; Law on EliminationYes of ViolenceLaw Against on Elimination Women, Art.of Violence 28 AgainstYes Women, LawArt. on28; the Civil Prohibition Code, Art. of71 Harassment Against Women and Children Family Code, Art. 39 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 108/a; Law on Protection from Discrimination, Arts. 3(5), 12 (2) and 17 Code de la Famille, Arts. 13 et 33 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi n° 15-19 du 30 décembre 2015, Art. 6 (341. Bis) Family Code, Arts. 27, 28 and 65(a)No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located The Marriage Act, Sec. 25 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación,No Art. 425(a)No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ley 26.485, Art. 5(3) Family Code, Art. 20(2) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labor Code, Art. 221(4); Law on Provision of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Arts. 3(21) and 6(3) Marriage Act 1961, Sec. 23B(1)(e) Yes Marriage Act 1961, Sec. 95 Yes Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Part II, Div. 3; Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, Part 2A Marriage Act, Sec. 22(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Equal Treatment Act, Secs. 6, 35 and 46; Federal Equal Treatment Act, Sec. 8 Family Code, Art. 25 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Gender Equality, Arts. 2.0.4, 2.0.5 and 4; Law on State Guarantees of Equal Rights for Women and Men, Art. 17 Marriage Act, Sec. 50 Yes Penal Code, Sec. 485 Yes Sexual Offences Act, Sec. 26 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law Decree No. 59 of 2018 amending some provisions of Labor Code No. 36 of 2012, Art. 2 (192 bis) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017,Yes Secs. 5,7,8-9The Penal Code, 1860, Sec. 509; The Prevention of Oppression Against Women and Children Act 2000, Sec.10(ii) Marriage Act, Sec. 4(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 37 Yes Employment Sexual Harassment (Prevention) Act, 2017 Marriage and Family Code, Art. 45No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Code Civil, Arts. 144 and 184 Yes Code Pénal, Art. 265 Yes Loi du 4 août 1996, Arts. 32bis et 32ter; Code Penal Social, Arts. 101 et 119 Marriage Act, Secs. 4(1), 34 and 58Yes Criminal Code, Secs. 315, 317 and Yes318 Protection Against Sexual Harassment Act (Ch. 107) Loi No. 2002-07 Portant Code des personnesNo et deNo la applicable famille, Arts. provisions 144-148 could be locatedYes Loi No. 2011 - 26 du 09 Janvier 2012, Arts. 2-3; Loi No. 2006 - 19 du 17 juillet 2006 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act of Bhutan, 1980, KhaYes 8-20 Penal Code, Sec. 205; Labor and Employment Act of Bhutan 2007, Secs. 16-19 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ley No. 348, Arts. 84(Art. 312 quater) Family Law of the Federation of theYes Bosnia and Herzegovina,Criminal Code Art. of the34 and Federation 39(1) ; Family ofYes Bosnia Law and the Herzegovina, RepublikaLaw on Gender Srpska, Art. Equality, 212; Art. Criminal45 anArt. 51 5(2) Code ; Law of the on RepublikaProhibition Srpska, of Discrimination, Art. 182 Art. 4 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code (Ch. 08:01), Sec. 146(3) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 216-A Registration of Marriages Act, Sec.Yes 14(1)(b); MarriageRegistration Act, Sec. of 3(2)Marriages Act, Sec.Yes 14(1)(a); MarriagePenal Act,Code, Sec. Sec. 30 509 Family Code, Arts. 46(1)(1) and 47(1)(1)Yes Criminal Code, Art. 176(2) Yes Protection Against Discrimination Act, Art. 5 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi n°061-2015/CNT portant prévention, répression et réparation des violences à légard des femmes et des filles et prise en charge des victimes, Art. 11; Code du Travail, Art. 37 Code des Loi N° 1/024 du 28 Avril 1993Yes Portant RéformeCode des du Loi Code N° 1/024 des Personnes du 28 Avril et 1993Yes de la Portant Famille, Réforme LoiArt. No. 148 1/05 du Code du 22 des avril Personnes 2009 portant et de révisionla Famille, du Art.Code 120; Pénal, Loi N°Art. 1/13 563; du Loi 22 N° septembre 1/13 du 22 2016 septembre portant 2016 prévention, portant protection prévention, des protection victimes deset répression victimes et des répression Violences des Basées Violences sur le Basées Genre, surArt. le 44 Genre, Art. 2(f, n) Civil Code, Arts. 1593(a), 1600 andNo 1604(1)(a) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code, Art. 152; Labor Code, Art. 410 The Civil Code of Cambodia, Art. 961No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 250; Labor Law, Art.172 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code Penal, Art. 356(3) Yes Loi N° 2016/007 du 12 juillet 2016 portant Code Pénal, Art. 302-1 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Sec. 293.2 and 295Yes Canadian Human Rights Act, Sec. 14(1) and (2); Ontario Human Rights Code, Sec. 7(2) and (3) Loi No. 97.013 portant Code de la Famille,No Art. 238(2)No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi No. 06.032 du 27 Décembre 2006, portant Protection de la Femme contre la Violence, Arts. 5 et 25 Ordonnace n°006/PR/2015 du 14 marsYes 2015 portantOrdonnace interdiction n°006/PR/2015 du mariage du d'enfants, 14 marsYes 2015Art. 1 portantLoi N° interdiction 001/PR/2017 du mariagePortant Coded'enfants, Pénal, Arts. Art. 4341 et 5 Ley de Matrimonio Civil No. 19.947,Yes Arts. 44(a), 46(a)Código y 48(a)Penal, Art. 388 Yes Ley 20.005 Tipifica y Sanciona el Acoso Sexual;Código del Trabajo, Arts. 2 y 211-A - 211-E Marriage Law of the People's RepublicNo of China, NoArts. applicable 10(4) and provisions 12 could be locatedYes Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests, Arts. 40 and 58; Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees, Art. 11 Código Civil, Art. 140(2o) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ley 599 de 2000, Art. 210A; Ley 1257 del 2008, Art. 29 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code Pénal, Art. 172 Yes Code du Travail, Art. 2.2 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi No. 16/008 du 15 Juillet 2016 ModifiantYes et ComplétantLoi n°06/018, la Loi Art. No. 3 (174d);87-010 Codedu 1er du Aout Travail, 1987 Arts. Portant 73 et Code 74 de la Famille, Arts. 420, 422, 423 et 425 Code de la Famille, Art. 156(3) No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Código de Familia, Arts. 14(7) and Yes64 Código Penal, Arts. 176 and 179 Yes Ley contra el Hostigamiento Sexual en el Empleo y la Docencia No. 7476 Loi N° 2019-570 du 26 juin 2019 relativeNo au mariage,No applicable Art. 26 provisions could be locatedYes Code Pénal, Art. 356, Loi No. 2015532 du 20 Juillet 2015 portant Code du travail, Art. 5 Family Law, Art. 29 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 168 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 156; Anti-Discrimination Act, Art. 3 ; Law on Protection Against Domestic Violence, Art.10 (4) ; Gender Equality Act, Art.8 ; Labor Act, Art. 134. Marriage Law of 2003, Sec. 22(1) (a)Yes Marriage Law of 2003, Sec. 33 Yes Equal Treatment of Men and Women in Employment and Vocational Training Law, Arts. 2 and 12 Civil Code, Act No. 89/2012, Sec. 680No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Anti-Discrimination Act No. 198/2009, Secs. 2 and 4; Labor Code, Act No. 262/2006, Sec. 16(2) Order No. 9045 of 01/24/2017 on theNo TreatmentNo of applicableMatrimonial provisions Matters, could Ch. 7 be locatedYes Act on Equality Between Women and Men, Ch.2, Sec. 2a; Consolidation Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women in Employment, Sec. 1 (4),(5) and (6) Code de la Famille, Art. 29 Yes Code Pénal, Art. R.5(3) Yes Loi n° 221/AN/17/8ème L du 25 juin 2018 modifiant et complétant la loi n°133/AN/05/5ème L du 28 janvier 2006 portant Code du travail, Art. 4 ter Marriage Act, Sec. 29(2) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 64 No No applicable provisions could be located Ley No. 659, Art. 61(4), (6) y (12) Yes Ley No. 659, Art. 56(7); Código Penal,Yes Art. 193 Código Penal, Art. 333-2; Código de Trabajo, Art. 47(9) Código Civil, Arts. 83 and 95(2) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Orgánico Integral Penal, Art. 166 Law No. 126 of 2008 Amending theYes Civil Status lawLaw (No. No. 143 126 of of 1994), 2008 Amending Art. 5 (31 bis)theYes Civil Status lawLaw (No. No. 143 50 ofof 20141994) Amending Art. 5 (31 Penalbis); Penal Code, Code, Arts. Art.1(306 227 bis a) and 2(306 bis b) Código de Família, Art. 90(4a) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Penal, Art. 165; Ley General de Prevención de Riesgos en los Lugares de Trabajo, Art. 7 Código Civil, Art. 83(1) y 101(1) Yes Código Penal, Art. 478 No No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Transitional Civil Code, Ch. 4 Yes Eritrean Transitional Penal Code, Art. 593 Family Act, Sec. 9(1)(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Gender Equality Act, Sec. 3(1)(3 and 5) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act, 1964, Sec. 23 Yes Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 2018, Sec. 48 The Revised Family Code, Art. 31(1)Yes Criminal Code, Art. 648 Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 625 and 846 ; Labor Proclamation No.1156/2019 art. 14(1) Family Law Act 2003, Div. 2, Sec. 32(e);Yes MarriageMarriage Act Amendment Act (Amendment) Decree 2009, Decree PartYes 2009, 2, Sec. Part 3(12) 2,Crimes Sec. 9(29) Decree 2009, Sec. 213; Human Rights Commission Decree 2009, Part 3, Art. 19(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Act on Equality between Women and Men, Secs. 7 and 8d, Criminal Code, Ch. 20, Sec. 5a Code Civil, Arts. 182, 184 et 187 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 156 et 157 Yes Code Pénal, Art. 222-33; Loi n° 2012-954 du 6 août 2012 relative au harcèlement sexuel No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi n°042/2018 du 05 juillet 2019 portantYes Code Pénal,Loi No. Art. 010/2016 410 du 05/09/2016 portant lutte contre le harcèlement en milieu professionnel; Loi n°042/2018 du 05 juillet 2019 portant Code Pénal, Art. 402(3) Children's Act, 2005, Sec. 24 Yes Children's Act, 2005, Sec. 24 Yes Criminal Code sec. 126(3) Civil Code, Arts. 1140 and 1142 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labor Code, Art.2(4) ; Law on Gender Equality, Art. 6(1.B) ; Law on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, Art. 2(3.2) Civil Code Sec. 1314(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), Ch. II, Sec. 2.2 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes The Children's Act, 1998, Sec. 15 Yes Labour Act, 2003, Secs. 15(b), 63(3)(b), 64, and 175(b) Civil Code, Arts. 128-130, 1372 andNo 1378 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 337; Implementation of Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment of Men and Women (L. 3896), Art. 2 (d) and 3 (2a) Marriage Act, Sec. 3(3) Yes Criminal Code, Sec. 423;Marriage Act,No Sec. 20(4) Noand applicable 47 provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Penal, Art. 230 No No applicable provisions could be located Code Civil, Arts. 305 et 308; Code Pénal,Yes Art. 319Code Pénal, Arts. 319-320; Code deYes L'Enfant Guinéen,Code Pénal,Art. 270 Art. 277 Civil Code, Arts. 1601(a) and 1631(a)Yes Civil Code, Art. 1649 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 135 Marriage Act, Sec. 32(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 69 Yes Prevention of Discrimination Act, Sec. 8 Code Civil, Arts. 133, 168 et 170 Yes Code Civil, Art. 144; Code Penal, Art.No 154 et 156 No applicable provisions could be located Código de Família, Arts. 21 y 228 Yes Código Penal, Arts. 173-175 Yes Código Penal, Art. 147-A; Ley de Igualdad de Oportunidades para la Mujer, Art. 60 Marriage Ordinance, Sec. 27(2)(b)Yes Marriage Ordinance, Secs. 29 and Yes30 Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Secs. 2(8), 23 and 76(1)(c) Civil Code, Sec. 4:9(1); Act on Marriage,Yes Family andCriminal Guardianship Code, Sec. 2009, 213(2)(b) Secs. 7-13 Yes Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment, Secs. 5(d) and 10(1) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men No. 10/2008, Arts. 22 and 24, Penal Code, Art. 199 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,Yes 2006, Secs.The 3 and Prohibition 12-14 of Child Marriage Act,Yes 2006, Secs.The 9-11 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013; The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, Sec. 7(354A) Indonesian Marriage Law No.1 of 1974,Yes Arts. 16(1),Indonesian 20 and 22 Marriage Law No.1 of 1974,No Art. 61(3)No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Book V, Art. 122 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Arts. 400, 402; Labor Law, Arts. 10-11 Family Law Act (1995), Sec. 31(1)(a)(i)Yes Family Law Act (1995), Sec. 31(4) Yes Employment Equality Act 1998 (as amended), Sec. 14A, Equal Status Act 2000 (asamended), Sec. 11 Age of Marriage Law, Art. 3 Yes Age of Marriage Law, Arts. 2 and 3Yes Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, 5758-1998 Civil Code, Art. 117 Yes Civil Code, Art. 136 Yes Law 198/2006, Art. 26 The Marriage Act, Sec. 3(2) Yes The Marriage Act, Secs. 55 and 68 No No applicable provisions could be located Civil Code, Arts. 744(1) and 745(2)No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Personal Status Law of 2010, Arts. No31(g) and 35 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code, Arts. 305 and 306 Marriage (Matrimony) and Family,No Arts. 25 and 26No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Marriage Act, 2014, Sec. 11(a) Yes Protection Against Domestic ViolenceYes Act, Sec. 3(a);Sexual Children's Offences Act, Act, Sec.14; 2006, MarriageSec. 23; Employment Act, 2014, Sec. Act, 87 2007, Sec. 6 Marriage Ordinance, Secs. 5(as amended)Yes and 7(1);Marriage Marriage Ordinance, (Amendment) Secs. 12 Act and 2002, Yes28(c) Sec. 2 Penal Code, Sec. 133(3) Civil Act, Arts. 816(1) and 817 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation, Art. 2(2) and Sec. II;Framework Act on Women's Development, Arts. 3(4) and 17-2 Family Law of Kosovo, Art. 64 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 245 Yes Law on Gender Equality, Arts. 3(1.12), 4(3) and 17(1.14); Anti-Discrimination Law, Art. 4(1.3) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Arts. 199 and 210 Family Code, Arts. 28(1) and 29 Yes Penal Code, Arts. 154 and 155-1 Yes Law on State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, Arts. 1, 5 and 21 Family Law, Art. 17(2) Yes Family Law, Art. 53 Yes Penal Law, Art. 137; Labor Law, Art. 83(4) Civil Law, Sec. 61 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labor Law, Secs. 29(4) and (7) ; .. ; No No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act, Art. 37 Yes Labour Code Order 1992, Secs. 5(2) and 200 Domestic Relations Law, Secs. 2.2(3),Yes 6.1(c) and 7.1(a)Domestic Relations Law, Secs. 2.16(b)(ii)Yes and 2.16(c)(i);Decent AnWork Act Act, to Amend Secs. 1.4(nn) Sections and 14, 2.8 16, 17 and 18 of the Penal Law, Title 26, Sec. 3(16.15) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code, Art. 420bis Civil Code, Art. 3.38(2) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 152; Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Art. 2(6) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code Pénal, Arts. 264 et 265 Yes Loi du 26 Mai 2000; Code du Travail, Arts. L. 245-1- 245-8 Loi n°2007-022, Arts. 3 et 39 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code Pénal, Art. 333 bis; Code du Travail, Arts. 5 et 261 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Gender Equality Act, Sec. 6 Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories)Yes Act, Secs.Islamic 11, 12(1) Family and Law 33(6) (Federal Territories)Yes Act 1984,Penal Sec. 40(2)Code, Sec. 509 Family Act, Sec. 13 Yes Family Act, Sec. 70 Yes Sexual Harassment and Abuse Prevention Act (16/2014) Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Art. 314 Code des Personnes et de la Famille,No Art. 282 et 287No applicable provisions could be located Marriage Act, Art. 3(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Equality for Men and Women Act, Art. 9; Employment and Industrial Relations Act, Art. 29 Births, Deaths and Marriages RegistrationNo Act 1988,No applicableSec. 428; Domestic provisions Relations could be Act, locatedNo Sec. 112 No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Civil Code, Secs. 182 and 183 Yes Civil Status Act, Secs. 27(1) and 64Yes Criminal Code, Sec. 254(1); Employment Rights Act 2008, Secs. 2 and 54 Código Civil para el Distrito Fedral,Yes Arts. 156(I) y Código235(II) Civil para el Distrito Federal,Yes Art. 110 Código Penal Federal, Art. 259 bis;Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia, Art. 13 Pohnpei Code, Title 51, Ch. 2, §2-101No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Family Code, Arts. 41(1)(a) and 42(1)(a)No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 173; Law on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, Art. 2 Family Law, Arts. 9.1.2 and 16 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Promotion of Gender Equality, Art. 4.1.7 Family Law, Art. 54 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 215 Yes Law on Gender Equality, Arts. 4 and 7(8); Law on Prohibition of Harassment at Work, Art. 3 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code Pénal, Art. 503-1; Code du Travail, Art. 40 Family Law No. 10/2004, Arts. 46 andNo 56 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code Law No. 35/2014, Art. 224; Labor Law No. 23/2007, Art. 66(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Buddhist Women’s Special MarriageYes Law 2015, Sec.The 37;Penal Child Code, Marriage Sec. 509 Restraint Act, Secs. 3-4 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act 25 of 1961, Sec. 35; ChildYes Care and LabourProtection Act, Act,2007, 2015, Sec. Sec.5(7)-(9) 226(3) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Registration Act, 2028 (1971),Yes Sec. 13; GenderMuluki AinEquality (General Act, Code),Sec. 2(11) Part ; 4,Workplace Ch. 17, Number Sexual Harassment2(495) (Prevention) Act, 2071 Civil Code, Arts. 50, 53(1) and 74 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 379(2) Yes Working Conditions Act 1998, Arts. 1(3)(e) and Art. 4(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act 1955, Secs. 58 and 60Yes Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62;Employment Relations Act 2000, Sec. 108 Código de Familia, Arts. 57-61 Yes Código de Familia, Art. 158 Yes Código Penal, Art. 174; Ley Integral contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres Núm. 779, Arts. 11 y 18 Code Civil, Arts. 184 et 190 Yes Code Civil, Arts. 156, 157 et 192 No Child Rights Act 2003, Sec. 21 Yes Child Rights Act 2003, Sec. 23 Yes Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, Art. 262 Family Law, Arts. 35 and 38 Yes Criminal Code, Art. 196 Yes Law on Protection Against Harassment at the Workplace; Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Art. 4(7) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Sec. 262 Yes Criminal Code, Sec. 298; Gender Equality Act, Sec. 8 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Royal Decree No. 35/2003 Issuing the Labor Law, Arts. 41(3) and 42 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes The Sindh Child Marriages RestraintYes Act, 2013, Secs.The 3-5Protection and 7; Pakistan Against HarassmentPenal Code 1860,of Women Sec. 310-A at the Workplace Act 2010; Pakistan Penal Code, Sec. 509 Domestic Relations, Secs. 201(a) andNo 311 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Palau Family Protection Act, Sec. 5 (amending the Palau National Code, Sec. 2807) Código de la Família, Arts. 224(2) yYes 225; Ley Núm.Código 30, Art. Penal, 1 Arts. 209-210 Yes Ley Núm. 82, Arts. 4(15) y (20), y 45; Código de Trabajo, Arts. 127(12) y 138(15); Ley Núm. 7 Marriage Act 1963, Sec. 17(1)(e) Yes Marriage Act 1963, Sec. 58(1)-(2); CriminalNo CodeNo Act applicable 1974, Sec. provisions 462(5)(l) could be located Código Civil, Art. 181(b); Ley No. 5419/15,No Art. 1No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Penal, Art. 133 Código Civil, Arts. 241(1) y 277 Yes Código Penal, Art. 141; Código Civil,Yes Art. 247 Ley No. 27942; Ley No. 30364, Art. 5(b) The Family Code of the Philippines,Yes Arts. 35(1) andThe 45(1) Revised Penal Code, Arts. 350 Yesand 352; The FamilyAnti-Sexual Code Harassment of the Philippines, Act, Sec. Art. 3 16 Family and Guardianship Code, Art.No 10(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labor Code, Art. 18(3a)(6 and 7); Act on Implementation of Some Provisions of the European Union on Equal Treatment, Art. 3(4 and 5) Civil Code, Arts. 1601(a), 1631(a) andNo 1639 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code, Art. 170; Labor Code, Art. 29 Código Civil, Arts. 70(4)-(5) y 110 Yes Código Penal, Arts. 114-115 Yes Código Penal, Art. 135 Family Law No. 22 of 2006, Arts. 11,No 17 and 52 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code No. 11 of 2004, Art. 291 Civil Code, Arts. 294 and 297 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Arts. 223 and 299; Law on Equal Opportunities Between Women and Men, Arts. 4(d) and 11 Family Code, Arts. 27(1) and 28 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Law Governing Persons and Family,Yes Art. 193(1); PenalPenal Code,Code, Art.Arts. 194 194 and 195 Yes Law on Prevention and Punishment of Gender-Based Violence, Art. 24; Organic Law Instituting the Penal Code, Art. 203; Law Regulating Labor in Rwanda, Art. 6 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Ordinance 1961, Secs. 30No and 33 No applicable provisions could be located Reform of Family Law, Art. 132 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law No. 67 of 25 April 2014, Annex B, Art. 6 Law No. 19/2018, Arts. 20 and 22(d)No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 166(2); Labor Code, Art. 18(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Anti-Harassment Crime Law, Arts. 1, 5 and 6 Code de la Famille, Arts. 138(2) et Yes141 Code Pénal, Art. 173 Yes Code Pénal, Art. 319 bis Family Law, Arts. 23 and 37(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Prevention of Harassment at Work, Art. 3; Law on Gender Equality, Art. 18 Matrimonial Causes Act, Sec. 12(1)(a)Yes Civil Status Act, Secs. 108 and 109Yes The Penal Code, Sec. 137 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Child Rights Act 2007, Sec. 35 Yes Sexual Offences Act 2012, Sec. 13 Women's Charter, Secs. 9 and 105Yes Women's Charter, Sec. 37 and 40(2)(c)Yes Protection from Harassment Act (Ch. 256A), Sec. 3 Family Act, Sec. 11, 14 and 17(b) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Anti-Discrimination Act, Art. 1, Sec. 2(1)(5) Family Code, Art. 45 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Art. 197; Employment Relationship Act, Art. 7; Protection against Discrimination Act, Arts. 7 and 8 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Islanders' Marriage Act, Sec. 10(2)Yes Penal Code (Amendment) (Sexual Offences) Act, Sec. 5(136B and 138) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act, 1961, Secs. 11(2) andYes 35 Protection from Harassment Act, 2011, Sec 1; Employment Equity Amendment Act, No. 47 of 2013, 3(Sec.6(a)) and 5(Sec.10(aA(i))); Employment Equity Act, 1998; Code of Good Practice on the Handling of Sexual Harassment Cases in the Workplace in terms of section 54(1)(b) of the Employment Equity Act No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Child Act, Sec. 30 Yes Penal Code Act, Arts. 250 and 251 Código Civil, Arts. 46(1) y 73 Yes Código Penal, Arts. 218 y 219 Yes Código Penal, Art. 184; Ley Orgánica 3/2007, Art. 7 Marriage Registration Ordinance, Secs.Yes 31 and 60Marriage Registration Ordinance, Secs.Yes 31 and 60Penal Code, Sec. 345 Marriage Act, Sec. 28(2)-(3) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 60 No No applicable provisions could be located Civil Code, Art. 81 Yes Criminal Code, Sec. 184 Yes The Criminal Code of Saint Lucia sect. 139 ; the Labour Code 2006 Section 272 Marriage Act, Sec. 4(1) Yes Marriage Act, Sec. 50 No No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be lcoatedYes Penal Code, Art. 151; Penal Code (Amendment), Art. 151 Civil Code, Arts. 35 and 53(1) Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 289 and 442(2)No No applicable provisions could be located Marriage Code (1987: 230), Ch. 2, Sec.No 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Discrimination Act (2008:567), Ch. 1, Sec. 4(5) Swiss Civil Code, Arts. 104 and 105(I)(6)No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Gender Equality Act, Art.4;Swiss Criminal Code, Art. 198 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Arts. 505 and 506 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Sexual Harassment Prevention Act; Act on Gender Equality in Employment Family Code, Art. 29 Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 168 and 169 No No applicable provisions could be located The Law of Marriage Act, Secs. 38(1)(a)Yes and 39(c)The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments)Yes Sexual(No. 2) Offences Act, Sec. Special22; Education Provisions Act, Act Sec. (1998), 2 Sec. 12(138.D-(1)); Employment and Labor Relations Act (2004), Sec. 7(5) Civil and Commercial Code, Secs. 1503No and 1504No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labour Protection Act (No. 2) B.E. 2551 (2008), Sec. 8(16) Civil Code, Arts. 1490(a), 1493(a) andNo 1519(a) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Labor Law, Art. 7 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Code de l'Enfant de 2007, Art. 273Yes Loi n° 2015-010 portant Code pénal, Arts. 399 et 400; Code du Travail, Arts. 40-42 et 301 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be located Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage)Yes Act, 2017, Art.Miscellaneous 3(l) Provisions (Marriage)No Act, 2017, Art.No applicable3(m)(37) and provisions (r)(41B) could be located Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 21 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi organique n° 2017-58 du 11 août 2017, relative à lélimination de la violence à légard des femmes, Art. 15 (Art. 226 ter) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Penal Code, Art.105; Labor Law, Art. 24(II)(b, d) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Marriage Act 1904, Sec. 45 Yes Penal Code, Art. 128(3); Employment Act, Sec. 7 Family Code, Arts. 38 and 41(4) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men, Art. 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Federal Criminal Code, Art. 359 Marriage Act 1949, Sec. 2 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Equality Act 2010, Secs. 26, 40 and 85(3) N. Y. Domestic Relations Act, Sec. 7Yes N. Y. Domestic Relations Act, Sec. 22;Yes N. Y. DomesticU.S. CodeRelations of Federal Act, Sec. Regulations, 15-A Tit. 29, Sec. 1604.11; Administrative Code of the City of New York, Sec.8404 and 8603(c) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Civil, Arts. 115 y 204; CódigoYes Penal, Art. 162Ley No. 18.561 Family Code, Art. 49 Yes Code of Administrative Liability, Art.No 47-3; CriminalNo Code,applicable Art. 125-1provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Control of Marriage Act, Sec. 7(1) No No applicable provisions could be located No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Código Civil, Art. 133 Yes Ley Orgánica Sobre el Derecho de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia, Arts. 15(10) y 48; Ley Organica del Trabajo, Art. 165 Law on Marriage and Family, Arts. Yes5(2)(b) and 10;Decree Law on 110/2013, Domestic Art. Violence 47; Penal Prevention Code,Yes Arts. and 148Control Laborand No.149 Code, 02/2007, Arts. 8(2)Art. and2(1)(f) 183(1) Personal Status Code of 1976, Arts.No 34(1) and 5 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code of 1960, Arts. 305 and 306 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Criminal Code, Arts. 270-273 and 275 Marriage Act, Sec. 33; MatrimonialYes Causes Act, Sec.Marriage 27(1)(a)(ii) Act, Sec. 42 Yes Gender Equity and Equality Act, 2015, Sec. 39; Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act, 2010, Sec. 3(1) Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] , Sec. Yes21 Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] , Sec. Yes35 ; Criminal LawLabour (Codification Act [Chapter and 28:01], Reform) Sec. Act 8(g), [Chapter (h); Criminal 9:23], Sec. Law 94(b)(c) (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], Sec. 67(3)(b) Does the legislation Is there a specialized Can a woman obtain a establish clear criminal court or procedure for national identity card penalties for domestic cases of domestic in the same way as a violence? Legal Bases violence? Legal Bases married man? No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Art. 130/a Yes Law on Measures Against ViolenceYes in Family Relations, Chapter IV Yes Loi n° 15-19 du 30 décembre 2015,No Arts. 2 (266. NoBis- applicable 266. bis 1) provisions et 4 (330. couldBis) be locatedNo Yes Law Against Domestic Violence N. Yes25/11, Arts. 6 Lawand No.22-25 25/11, Ch. VI; PresidentialYes Decree No. 124/13, Ch. VI No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Act 2015, Sec. 26N/A Yes Código Penal, Arts. 80(1), 92 y 133Yes Ley 26.485, Título III, Capitulo I-II; YesLey Nacional 24.417 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence)Yes Act, Secs.Crimes 4 and (Domestic 11-13 and Personal Violence)N/A Act 2007, Part 10-12 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Police Act, Sec. 38(a); Second ProtectionYes Against Violence Act, Art. 1, Executive Order 382b No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence,Yes Arts. 10-12 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence (Protection Orders)N/A Act, Secs. 3-20 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Domestic Violence (Prevention andYes Protection) Act,Domestic 2010, ViolenceSecs. 3, 21 (Prevention and 22; The and PenalYes Protection) Code, 1860 Act, 2010, Ch. 5 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence (Protection Orders)Yes Act, Sec. 18-22 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Basic Activities Aimed at OffenceN/A Prevention, Art. 31 Yes Loi du 28 janvier 2003; Loi du 15 maiYes 2012 Loi du 15 mai 2012 Yes Yes Domestic Violence Act, 2007, Sec. Yes28 Domestic Violence Act, 2007, PartN/A III Yes Loi No. 2011 - 26 du 09 Janvier 2012,Yes Arts. 30, 32Loi and N°2011 33 - 26 du 09 Janvier 2012,No Art. 16 Yes Domestic Violence Prevention Act Yesof Bhutan 2013,Domestic Secs. 75-76 Violence Prevention Act Yesof Bhutan 2013, Ch. VI; Domestic Violence Prevention Rules and Regulations, 2015, Ch. 5 Yes Ley No. 348, Art. 84(Art. 272 bis) Yes Ley No. 348, Arts. 61-68; Ley contraYes la Violencia en la familia o doméstica, Cap. IV y VI Yes Criminal Code of the Republika Srpska,Yes Art. 190 ;Law Criminal on Protection Code of the from Federation Domestic of YesViolence Bosnia andin the Herzegovina, Federation Art.of Bosnia 218 and Herzegovina, Arts. 3, 4, 5 and Part IV ; Law on Protection from Domestic Violence of the Republika Srpska, Part IV No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Act, Secs. 3-8 Yes Yes Law No. 11340, Arts. 17, 43 and 44;Yes Criminal Code,Law Arts. No. 6111.340, (f) and Arts. 129 8(IV) (9) and 35(III),Yes State Law No 5.467/1986 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Married Women Act, Secs. 18B-18E;Yes Islamic Family Law Act, Secs. 60B-60E No Criminal Code, Art. 93, item 31.; ArticleYes 116 , par.Protection 1, item 6.a.; Against Art. 131, Domestic par. 1, Violence itemYes 5a; Act, Art.142, Ch. 2 par. 2, item 5a; Art. 142 a, par.4; Art. 143, par. 3; Art.144, par.3; Art. 144a, par.3 Yes Loi N°025-2018/AN Portant Code Pénal,Yes Art. 531-9Loi n°061-2015/CNT portant prévention,Yes répression et réparation des violences à légard des femmes et des filles et prise en charge des victimes, Arts. 3 et 31-34 Yes Loi No. 1/05 du 22 avril 2009 portantNo révision duNo Code applicable Pénal, Arts. provisions 535 et could537; Loi be N°locatedYes 1/13 du 22 septembre 2016 portant prévention, protection des victimes et répression des Violences Basées sur le Genre, Arts. 27, 49, 50 et 59 Yes Act No. 84/VII/2011 on Gender BasedYes Violence, Art.Act No.23; Penal84/VII/2011 Code, Art.on Gender 134 BasedYes Violence, Arts. 30 and 35-38 Yes Law on the Prevention of DomesticYes Violence andLaw the onProtection the Prevention of Victims, of Domestic Arts. 19Yes andViolence 35; Criminal and the Code, Protection Art. 222 of Victims, Arts. 25 and 28-30 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 278 and 718.2(a)(ii)Yes Implementing the Domestic ViolenceN/A Court Program - Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Yes Loi No. 06.032 du 27 Décembre 2006,No portant ProtectionNo applicable de la provisionsFemme contre could la be Violence, locatedYes Arts. 1 et 27 Yes Loi N° 001/PR/2017 Portant Code Pénal,No Art. 342No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ley de Violencia Intrafamiliar No. 20.066,Yes Arts. 6, 13 y 16;Ley No. 19.968 crea los Tribunales de Familia, Arts. 13 y 81-101 Yes Anti-Domestic Violence Law of theNo People's RepublicNo applicable of China, provisionsArt. 33; Criminal could beLaw locatedYes of the People's Republic of China, Art. 260; Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, Art. 45 Yes Ley 599 de 2000, Arts. 119, 211(5)Yes y 229 Ley 294 de 1996, Título III;DecretoYes 2734 de 2012 Yes Loi N° 14-036/AU, Arts. 29-31 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Yes Ley de Penalización de la ViolenciaYes contra las MujeresLey contra No. 8589, la Violencia Cap. II Doméstica YesNo. 7586, Cap. III; Creación de un Juzgado de Violencia Doméstica en el Segundo Circuito Judicial de San José Ley No. 8128 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Law on Protection Against DomesticYes Violence, Art.Law 22 on ; Criminal Protection Code, Against Art. 179aDomesticYes Violence, Arts. 4-5 and 11-19 ; Rules of Procedure in Cases of Domestic Violence Yes Domestic Violence (Prevention andYes Protection ofDomestic Victims) LawViolence of 2000, (Prevention Secs. 3(4) and andYes Protection 4 of Victims) Law of 2000, Parts. IV-VI Yes Penal Code, Act No. 40/2009, Sec. Yes199 Domestic Violence Act No. 135/2006;Yes Special Court Proceedings Act No 292/2013, Secs. 400-414 Yes Criminal Code, Secs. 213 and 244 Yes Act No. 112 of February 3, 2012; PublicN/A Prosecutions Announcement No. 3/2008, Sec. 7 Yes Code Pénal, Arts. 325(4), 329, 332,No 335 and 336 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Protection against Domestic ViolenceYes Act (No. 22Protection of 2001), Sec.against 32(1) Domestic ViolenceN/A Act (No. 22 of 2001), Part VII and Sec. 35-39 Yes Ley 24-97, Arts. 3(309-2 y 309-3) yYes 8(332) Ley 24-97, Art. 3(309-4 y 309-5) Yes Yes Código Orgánico Integral Penal, Arts.Yes 156-159 Código Orgánico Integral Penal, Art.Yes 643; Código Orgánico de la Función Judicial, Art. 232 Yes Law No. 6 of 1998 amending EgyptianNo penal codeNo (Law applicable No. 58 ofprovisions 1937) Arts. could 375 be bis locatedNo and 375 bis (1) Yes Código Penal, Arts. 31, 129(1), 162(1)Yes y (7), y 200;Ley Ley Contra Especial la Violencia Integral paraIntrafamiliar, una VidaYes Cap.Libre III; de Ley Violencia Especial para Integral las Mujeres, para una Arts. Vida 46(c), Libre 53 de y Violencia 54 para las Mujeres, Cap. II No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Penal Code, Arts. 58(4) and 121 (2)(2)No No applicable provision could be locatedYes Yes Sexual Offences and Domestic ViolenceYes Act, 2018,Sexual Sec. 77Offences (1) and Domestic ViolenceYes Act, 2018, Sec. 126 Yes Criminal Code, Art.564 Yes Victim- friendly benches in the federalN/A courts and also at regional level No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Decree 2009, PartN/A 1, Secs. 8-10 and Part 5 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Act on Restraining Orders, Sec. 6 Yes Yes Code Pénal, Arts. 132-80, 222-8 (4°Yes ter) et 222-24Code (11°) Civil, Arts. 515.9, 515.10 et 515.11(7)Yes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Women's Act 2010, Secs. 6 and 74Yes ; Domestic ViolenceDomestic Act, Violence 2013, Sec. Act, 17(2) 2013, Secs.Yes 26,28, 30 and 32 Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 11-1 and 126-1Yes Law of Georgia on Elimination of DomesticYes Violence, Protection and Support of Victims of Domestic Violence, Arts. 10 and 12 ; Code of Administrative Procedure, chap. VII No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Gewaltschutzgesetz GewSchG (ActYes on Protection against Violence, 2001), Sec. 2; Greater Protection in Cases of Domestic Violence, Information on the Act on Protection against Violence, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Yes Domestic Violence Act, 2007, Sec.Yes 3(2) Domestic Violence Act, 2007 Secs.Yes 12-13 Yes Law No. 3500/2006, Art. 6-9 Yes Law No. 3500/2006, Ch. V Yes Yes Domestic Violence Act, 2010, Sec. Yes21, 24 and 36Domestic Violence Act, 2010, Secs.N/A 25-28 Yes Ley contra el Femicidio y otras FormasYes de ViolenciaAcuerdo contra 30-2010 la Mujer, de Cap. la Corte IV;Código SupremaYes Penal, de JusticiaArts. 131, - Reglamento 174(5) y 483(2) de Gestión para los Juzgados y Tribunales con competencia en delitos de Femicidio y otras formas de Violencia Contra la Mujer; Acuerdo 43-2012 de la Corte Suprema de Justicia No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Law No. 6/2014, Arts. 17-27 Yes Law No. 6/2014, Ch. VII Yes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Act, Secs. 17-32Yes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Código Penal, Arts. 140, 141 y 179-AYes - 179-C Ley contra la Violencia Doméstica,Yes Arts. 11-19 Yes Domestic and Cohabitation RelationshipsYes ViolenceDomestic Ordinance, and Sec.Cohabitation 5(1B) RelationshipsYes Violence Ordinance, Secs. 3-4 and 8 Yes Criminal Code, Secs. 197(3)(b) andYes 212/A Act LXXII of 2009 on Restraining OrdersYes Related to Violence Between Relatives, Chapter III, Secs. 12-17 Yes Law No. 23/2016 amending the PenalYes Code, Art. Law4; Penal No. 85/2011Code, Art. on 70 Restraining Orders,Yes Ch. IV Yes The Protection of Women from DomesticYes ViolenceThe Act Protection 2005, Secs. of Women5(e), 31(3); from Indian DomesticN/A Penal Violence Code, 1860, Act, Sec.2005, 498A Ch. IV, Secs. 12-16, Secs. 27-28 Yes Law No. 23/2004 Regarding EliminationYes of ViolenceLaw in No. Household, 23/2004 RegardingCh. VIII EliminationYes of Violence in Household, Arts. 30 and 37 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Official Gazette of Iraq, 4368 Yes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Act 2018, Pt. 2N/A Yes Penal Law, Sec. 382(b) Yes Prevention of Family Violence Law,Yes Secs. 2-4 Yes Law No. 119/2013, Arts. 1(2) and 1(3);CriminalYes Code,Law 119/2013, Arts. 572, Arts.577, 609-ter(5-quater)2 and 3; CodeYes of Criminal and 612-bis Procedure, Art. 282-quater No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes The Domestic Violence Act, Secs. 2,N/A 4, 7, 8, 14 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Act on the Prevention of Spousal ViolenceN/A and the Protection of Victims, Arts. 11 and 13-15 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on the Protection from DomesticYes Violence, Arts. 13-18 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence,Yes Arts. 20 and 23 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Protection Against Domestic ViolenceYes Act, 2015, Secs. 8, 12 and 24-28 Yes Family Peace Act 2014, Part 6 Yes Family Peace Act 2014, Part 7 Yes Yes Act on Special Cases Concerning theYes Punishment,Act etc. on of Special Crimes Cases of Domestic Concerning Violence, theYes Punishment, Art. 2(3) etc. of Crimes of Domestic Violence, Arts. 10-15, Secs. 2-3 and Chs. 3-4 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Protection against DomesticYes Violence, Arts. 3 and 14-21 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Social and Legal ProtectionYes Against Domestic Violence, Arts. 25-27 Yes Law on Development and ProtectionYes of Women,Decree Art. 50; on Law the on Implementation Preventing and of Combating theYes Law on Violence Development Against and Women Protection and Children, of Women, Art. Art. 79 35; Law on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Children, Art. 59 Yes Criminal Law, Sec. 48(1)(15) Yes Civil Procedure Law, Ch. 30.5 ; CriminalYes Procedure Law, Sec. 243(1) Yes Law on the Protection of Women andYes Family MembersLaw on fromthe Protection Domestic Violence,of Women Arts. andYes 3(a)(4)Family andMembers 3(a)(7)(a)-(b) from Domestic Violence, Arts. 11 and 13 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Domestic Violence Act of 2019, Sec.No 16.24 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 135.2(3) and 140.2Yes Law on Protection Against DomesticYes Violence, Art. 5 Yes Loi du 8 septembre 2003, Art. VI; CodeYes Pénal, Art.Loi 377 du 30 juillet 2013 portant modificationYes de la loi du 8 septembre 2003, Arts. 8-10 et 13-14 Yes Code Pénal, Arts. 312 et 312-bis No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Prevention of Domestic Violence Act,Yes Sec. 39 Prevention of Domestic Violence Act,N/A Part VII, Secs. 47-53 and 55 Yes Domestic Violence (Amendment) ActYes 2018, Sec. Domestic3 Violence (Amendment) ActYes 2018, Secs. 5-6, 10-11 Yes Domestic Violence Act, Sec. 35(e) Yes Domestic Violence Act, Secs. 24, 25Yes and 31 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 202(h), 251BA(5)No and 222(1)(a)No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Domestic Violence Prevention andYes Protection ActDomestic 2011, Sec. Violence 905(1) Prevention andYes Protection Act 2011, Part IV No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Protection from Domestic ViolenceYes Act 1997, Secs. 3 and 14-17 Yes Código Penal Federal, Arts. 343 bisYes - 343 ter Ley General de Acceso de las MujeresN/A a una Vida Libre de Violencia, Titulo II, Cap. VI No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated Yes Criminal Code, Art. 201-1 Yes Civil Procedure Code, Chapter XXII-2;Yes Law on Preventing and Combating Family Violence, Ch. III Yes Criminal Code, Art. 11.7 Yes Law to Combat Domestic Violence,Yes Art. 34.1.3; Law on Protection of Victims and Witnesses Yes Criminal Code, Art. 220; Law on DomesticYes ViolenceCriminal Protection, Code, Art.Arts. 36 77a and 77b; LawYes on Domestic Violence Protection, Part II, Sec. 3 Yes Loi n° 103-13 du 22 février 2018 relativeNo à la lutteNo contre applicable les violences provisions faites could aux be femmes, locatedYes Art. 2, modifiant Code Pénal, Art. 404 Yes Law No. 29/2009 on Domestic ViolenceYes PerpetratedLaw AgainstNo. 29/2009 Women, on Domestic Ch. II and Violence III; YesCriminal Perpetrated Code, Art. Against 245 and Women, Ch. IX Ch. IV No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Combating of Domestic Violence Act,Yes 2003, Sec. Combating21 of Domestic Violence Act,No 2003, Secs. 6(4)-(6), 7(3)-(4) and 14 Yes Domestic Violence (Crime and Punishment)Yes Act, Domestic2066 (2009), Violence Sec. 13 (Crime and Punishment)N/A Act, 2066 (2009), Secs. 6-7 and 9(2) Yes Criminal Code, Art. 304(1) No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Family Violence Act 2018, Pt. 6 N/A Yes Código Penal, Arts. 37, 155 y 172; LeyYes Integral contraLey Integral la Violencia contra hacia la Violencia las Mujeres haciaYes Núm. las Mujeres 779, Arts. Núm. 10-13 779, Art. 30 y Tit. VI No No applicable provisions could be located No No applicable provisions could be located Yes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Protection Against Domestic ViolenceYes Law 2007, Secs. 5-12 Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 123 (2), 125, 130(2),Yes 131 (2 andLaw 6),on 139(2),Prevention, 140(2) Suppression and 144(2) andYes Protection from Domestic Violence, Sec. V Yes Criminal Code, Sec. 282 No No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Yes The Domestic Violence (PreventionYes and Protection)The Act, Domestic 2013, ViolenceSec. 6 (PreventionYes and Protection) Act, 2013, Secs. 7-11 Yes Palau Family Protection Act, Sec. 3Yes (amending theFamily Palau Protection National Code, Act, Sec. Sec. 3 806 (amending (e)(1),(2))N/A the Palau National Code, Secs. 821-828) Yes Código Penal, Arts. 200 y 201; Ley YesNúm. 82, Art. Ley43 Núm. 38, Cap. 3; Ley Núm. 82,Yes Cap. IX Yes Family Protection Act 2013, Sec. 6Yes Family Protection Act 2013, Secs. 11,Yes 16-17 and 22 Yes Ley No. 5777/16 de Protección IntegralYes para las MujeresLey No. 1600/00 contra la contra Violencia, la Violencia Art. 50;Yes Doméstica,Ley No. 1600/00 Arts. 4-8contra la Violencia Doméstica, Art. 10 Yes Código Penal, Arts. 107, 121-B, 122-BYes y 170(2) Ley No. 30364, Título II Yes Yes Anti-Violence Against Women andYes Their ChildrenAnti-Violence Act of 2004, Sec.Against 6 Women andN/A Their Children Act of 2004, Secs. 7,13 and 35(b),(d) Yes Penal Code, Art. 207 Yes Act of 29 July 2005 on CounteractionYes of Domestic Violence, Art. 9d; Ordinance of the Council of Ministers of 13 September 2011 Concerning the Blue Cards Procedure Yes Penal Code, Art. 152(1)-(3) Yes Law No. 112/2009, Arts. 28-29; PenalYes Code, Art 152 (1)- (3) Yes Ley No. 54 de Violencia Doméstica,Yes Arts. 2.8, 3.1-3.5Ley No. 54 de Violencia Doméstica,N/A Arts. 2.2 y 2.3; Ley No. 30 de 2011 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Special Part, Title I,Yes Ch. 3, Art. 199Law No. 174/2018 on Preventing andYes Fighting Against Domestic Violence, Ch. III^1 and IV No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Law on Prevention and PunishmentYes of Gender-BasedLaw on Violence, Prevention Ch. III,and Sec. Punishment 2 Yes of Gender-Based Violence, Ch. III, Sec. 1 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Family Safety Act 2013, Secs. 8, 10N/A and 19 Yes Prevention and Repression of ViolenceYes against WomenPrevention and andGender-Based Repression Violence, of ViolenceYes Arts. against 5, 6 and Women 10; Law and 6 Gender-BasedMay 2016 No. Violence,57, Arts. 12 Art. and 28 16 Yes Law No. 11/2008, Arts. 13-20 Yes Law No. 11/2008, Arts. 21-23 Yes Yes Law on Protection from Harm, Art.No 13 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Yes Code Pénal, Arts. 297 bis et 312 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Art. 194 Yes Law on the Prevention of DomesticYes Violence, Arts. 10 and 18-20 No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Family Violence (Protection of Victims)Yes Act, 2000, Sec. 3 Yes Domestic Violence Act 2007, Sec. 2(3)Yes Domestic Violence Act 2007, Secs.Yes 11-23 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Secs. 200, 208, 360 Noand 360a No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 171 and 191 Yes Domestic Violence Prevention Act,Yes Arts. 22a-22h Yes Family Protection Act 2014, Part 6Yes Family Protection Act 2014, Part 3,N/A Div. 1-2 and 6-7 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Domestic Violence Act of 1998, Secs.Yes 3 and 4(2)(b);Domestic Criminal Violence Procedure Act, Act1998, 51 Secs.of 1977,Yes 4-5 Sec.and 40(q)11-12 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Código Penal, Arts. 173(2)-(4) y 177;Yes Ley OrgánicaLey 1/2004, Orgánica Título 6/1985, IV de 1 de julio,Yes del Poder Judicial, Arts. 87 bis y 87 ter; Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal, Arts. 14(5) y 544 ter Yes Prevention of Domestic Violence Act,Yes No.34 of 2005,Prevention Sec. 23 of ; PenalDomestic Code, Violence Ch. XVI Act,Yes No.34 of 2005, Secs. 5-6, 11-12 Yes Domestic Violence Act, 2014, Sec. Yes35(1) Domestic Violence Act, 2014, Sec. Yes2, 36-39 and Part II Yes Domestic Violence (Summary Proceedings)Yes Act, Sec.Domestic 24 Violence (Summary Proceedings)Yes Act, Secs. 2, 18-21 and 26-27 Yes Domestic Violence Act, 2015, Secs.Yes 25 and 37 Domestic Violence Act, 2015, Secs.Yes 2 and 26-33 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Act Combating Domestic Violence,Yes Art. 1(l) and (q)Act Combating Domestic Violence,Yes Ch. 3 Yes Penal Code (1962:700), Ch. 4, Sec.Yes 4a Restraining Order Act (1988: 688),Yes Secs. 14-22 Yes Swiss Criminal Code, Arts. 123,126Yes and 180 Violence Protection Act (GSG, LS 351),§Yes 8-12 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Domestic Violence Prevention Act,Yes Ch. II and III No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Domestic Violence Victim ProtectionYes Act, B.E. 2550Domestic (2007), Violence Sec. 4 Victim ProtectionYes Act, B.E.2550 (2007), Secs. 11-12, 15 and 16 Yes Law No. 7/2010 on Domestic Violence,No Art. 35; CriminalNo applicable Code, provisionsArts. 52(2)(l), could 154 be and locatedYes 173(a) No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes Family Protection Act 2013, Secs. 28(2)Yes and 29 Family Protection Act 2013, Secs. 18-19,Yes 30-31 and 39-40 Yes Domestic Violence Act, Sect. 25 Yes Domestic Violence Act, Parts II, III Yes Yes Loi organique n° 2017-58 du 11 aoûtYes 2017, relativeLoi àorganique lélimination n° 2017-58de la violence du 11 àaoût légardNo 2017, des relative femmes, à léliminationArt. 15 (Art. de218) la violence à légard des femmes, Ch. IV Yes Criminal Code, Arts. 82(1)(d), 86(3)(a),Yes 96(2)(b) andLaw 102(2) to Protect Family and PreventYes Violence Against Women, Arts. 4-5, 8-9 and 20(1) Yes Domestic Violence Act 2010, Sec. 4Yes Domestic Violence Act 2010, Secs.Yes 6, 9 and 17 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Family Law Act 1996, Sec. 57 N/A Yes N.Y. Social Services Law, Art. 6-A, SecYes 459-A New York Criminal Procedure Law,N/A Sec. 530.12; Integrated Domestic Violence Courts Yes Código Penal, Art. 321 bis. Yes Ley No.17.514 de Violencia Doméstica,Yes Cap. II y VI; Ley No. 17.707, Art. 1 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated Yes Family Protection Act 2008, Sec. 10Yes Family Protection Act 2008, Part. 5N/A Yes Ley Orgánica sobre el Derecho de lasYes Mujeres a unaLey VidaOrgánica Libre sobre de Violencia, el Derecho Arts. de 39, lasYes 42,Mujeres 43 y 50 a una Vida Libre de Violencia, Arts. 94-104 Yes Law on Domestic Violence PreventionYes and ControlLaw No. on 02/2007, Domestic Art. Violence 19(1)(c) Prevention and (3);Yes Penal and Control Code, Art. No. 151 02/2007, Arts. 20-22 and 25 No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes No No applicable provisions could be locatedNo No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Yes The Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act,Yes 2010, Sec. The2(1) Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act,Yes 2010, Sec. 11 Yes Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16],Yes Sec. 4(1) Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16],Yes Parts III, IV and Sec. 18 Can a married woman Can an unmarried legally confer woman legally confer citizenship to her citizenship to her children in the same children in the same Legal Bases way as a married man? Legal Bases way as a married man? Legal Bases ID card application form Yes Citizenship Law, Arts. 1 and 11 Yes Citizenship Law, Arts. 1 and 11 Law on the Identity Document of Yesthe Albanian Citizens,Law on Citizenship,Arts. 1-3 Arts. 7 and 11 Yes Law on Citizenship, Arts. 7 and 11 ID card application form; Décret présidentielYes n° 17-143Code de du la 18 Nationalité avril 2017 Algérienne, fixant les modalités YesArt. 6 d'établissementCode de la Nationalité de la carte Algérienne,nationale d'identité, Art. 6 sa délivrance et son renouvellement, Art. 11 Law No. 17/96, Art. 4; Law No. 4/09,Yes Arts. 19 andNationality 20 Law No. 2/16, Art. 9; ConstitutionYes of Nationalitythe Republic Law of Angola,No. 2/16, Art. Art. 9(2) 9; Constitution of the Republic of Angola, Art. 9(2) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Antigua and Barbuda Constitution YesOrder 1981, Secs.Antigua 112 andand Barbuda113; The Constitution Antigua and OrderBarbuda 1981, Citizenship Secs. 112 Act, and Sec. 113; 3 The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act, Sec. 3 ID card application procedures LeyYes No.17.671 deLey Identificación No. 346 Ley Registro de Ciudadanía, y Clasificación Art.Yes 1 del PotencialLey HumanoNo. 346 LeyNacional, de Ciudadanía, Arts. 1 y 7Art. 1 Law on Identification Cards, Art. 4Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 11 Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 11 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship Act, Arts. 12 and 16 Yes Citizenship Act, Arts. 12 and 16 Security Police Act, Art. 35a; ID cardYes application proceduresCitizenship Act, Arts. 7 and 7a Yes Citizenship Act, Arts. 7 and 7a ID application procedures; Law on YesID Cards, Arts.Constitution 1 and 4 of the Republic of Azerbaijan,Yes Art. 52;Constitution Law on Citizenship of the Republic of the Azerbaijanof Azerbaijan, Republic, Art. 52; Art. Law 1 on Citizenship of the Azerbaijan Republic, Art. 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Constitution of the CommonwealthYes of the Bahamas,Constitution Arts. 8 and of the9(1) Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Arts. 8 and 9(1) ID card application procedures; LawNo No. 46 of 2006Bahraini Identity Citizenship Card Act Act, as amendedNo by Decree LawBahraini No. 12Citizenship of 1989, Act,Art. 4as amended by Decree Law No. 12 of 1989, Art. 4 National Identity Registration Act 2010,Yes Sec. 5; IDCitizenship card application Act of 1951,procedures Art. 5 Yes Citizenship Act of 1951, Art. 5 Statistics Act Ch. 192, Sec. 24; ID cardNo applicationThe procedures Constitution of Barbados, Sec.Yes 5; Barbados CitizenshipThe Constitution Act Ch. of 186, Barbados, Sec. 4(1) Sec. 5; Barbados Citizenship Act Ch. 186, Sec. 4(1) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Belarus, Art.Law 13 on ; Citizenship Citizenship Instructions of the Republic and Procedureof Belarus, Art. 13 ; Citizenship Instructions and Procedure Loi Relative aux Registres de la Population,Yes aux CartesCode deDocuments la Nationalité de Séjour, Belge, Art. Art. 6; 8Yes ID card applicationCode de form la Nationalité Belge, Art. 8 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of Belize, Secs. 24 andYes 25; Belizean NationalityConstitution Act, of Belize,Ch. 161, Secs. Sec. 24 5 and 25; Belizean Nationality Act, Ch. 161, Sec. 5 ID card application procedures Yes Loi No. 65-17 du 23 Juin 1965 PortantYes Code de laLoi Nationalité No. 65-17 Dahoméenne, du 23 Juin 1965 Arts. Portant 8, 12 andCode 13 de la Nationalité Dahoméenne, Arts. 8, 12 and 13 ID card application procedures; ID Yescard applicationConstitution form of the Kingdom of Bhutan,Yes Art. 6(1);Constitution Bhutan Citizenship of the Kingdom Act of 1985, of Bhutan, Arts. 2 Art.and 6(1);4(a) Bhutan Citizenship Act of 1985, Arts. 2 and 4(a) Ley No.145 del Servicio General deYes IdentificaciónConstitución Personal y del Política Servicio del General Estado PlurinacionaldeYes Licencias de para ConstituciónBolivia, Conducir, Art. 141 Arts.Política 4(a) del y 18Estado (I); ID Plurinacional card application de Bolivia, procedures Art. 141 Law on Identity Cards of Citizens ofYes Bosnia and Herzegovina,Law on Citizenship Arts. 1 ofand Bosnia 3 and Herzegovina,Yes Art.Law 6 on; Law Citizenship on Citizenship of Bosnia of the and Republika Herzegovina, Srpska, Art. Art. 6 ; 6Law on Citizenship of the Republika Srpska, Art. 6 National Registration Act; ID card applicationYes proceduresCitizenship Act, Sec. 4 Yes Citizenship Act, Sec. 4 ID card application procedures; DecreeYes No. 9278,Constitution Arts. 2 and 3of the Federative RepublicYes of Brazil,Constitution Art. 12(I) of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Art. 12(I) National Registration Regulations, NoArts. 4 and 5; BruneiID card Nationality application Law, form Art. 4 No Brunei Nationality Law, Art. 4 Law for the Bulgarian IdentificationYes Documents, CitizenshipArt. 18; ID cardLaw, application Art. 8 proceduresYes Citizenship Law, Art. 8 Police Nationale du Burkina Faso; LoiYes No. 5-21/ANCode Portant des Personnes Institution et d’une de la Carte Famille, NationaleYes Arts. 140 d’identite etCode 144 desBurkinabe, Personnes Art. et 2 de la Famille, Arts. 140 et 144 Ordonnance Ministérielle No. 530/060Yes - Carte NationaleConstitution d’Identité, de la République Art. 4 du Burundi,Yes Art. 12;Constitution Loi 1/013 du de 18 la Républiquejuillet 2000 portantdu Burundi, reforme Art. 12;du codeLoi 1/013 de la dunationalité, 18 juillet 2000Art. 2 portant reforme du code de la nationalité, Art. 2 ID card application procedures Yes Law No. 80/III/90, Art. 7 Yes Law No. 80/III/90, Art. 7 Sub-Decree National Identity CardsYes No. 60, Art. 5Law on Nationality, Art. 4(1) Yes Law on Nationality, Art. 4(1) Décret No. 2016/375 du 4 Aout 2016,Yes Art. 6(a); IDLoi card No. application 1968-LF-3 du procedures 11 Juin 1968,Yes Portant Code Loide No.la Nationalité 1968-LF-3 Camerounaise,du 11 Juin 1968, Art. Portant 7 Code de la Nationalité Camerounaise, Art. 7 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship Act, Art. 3 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 3 ID card sample Yes Loi No. 1961.212 Portant Code de Yesla Nationalité LoiCentrafricaine, No. 1961.212 Arts. Portant 6 et 8Code de la Nationalité Centrafricaine, Arts. 6 et 8 ID card application procedures Yes Code de la Nationalité Tchadienne,Yes Art. 9 Code de la Nationalité Tchadienne, Art. 9 ID card application procedures Yes Constitución Política de la RepúblicaYes de Chile, Art.Constitución 1; Política de la República de Chile, Art. 1; Regulations of the People's RepublicYes of China ConcerningNationality Resident Law of Identitythe People's Cards, Republic Art.Yes 3; IDof cardChina, applicationNationality Arts. 4 and proceduresLaw 5 of the People's Republic of China, Arts. 4 and 5 ID card application procedures DecretoYes 126 de 197,Constitución Arts. 19 y Política 117 de Colombia,Yes Art. 96(1); LeyConstitución No. 43 de 1993, Política Art. de 1(1) Colombia, Art. 96(1); Ley No. 43 de 1993, Art. 1(1) Loi Instituant une Carte Nationale Yesd’Identité, Art.Code 2; ID de card la Nationalité,application proceduresArts. 1 et 11Yes Code de la Nationalité, Arts. 1 et 11 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Loi No. 4/24 du 12 Novembre 24 RelativeYes à la NationalitéLoi No. 4/24 Congolaise, du 12 Novembre Art. 7 24 Relative à la Nationalité Congolaise, Art. 7 Décret No. 27-27 du 2 Avril 2007, Arts.Yes 1(7) et 8; CodeID card de application la Nationalité procedures Congolaise,Yes Arts. 7-9 Code de la Nationalité Congolaise, Arts. 7-9 Ley No. 3504 Orgánica del TribunalYes Supremo de EleccionesConstitución y delPolítica Registro de la Civil, Republica Art. Yes89; de ID Costa card Rica,applicationConstitución Art. 13; procedures Ley Política No. 1155 de la de Republica Opciones de y Naturalizaciones,Costa Rica, Art. 13; Art. Ley 1 No. 1155 de Opciones y Naturalizaciones, Art. 1 Loi No. 24-33 du 3 Mai 24 RelativeYes a l’IdentificationCode des de Personnes la Nationalité, et au comme Séjour desmodifiéYes Etrangers en 2005, en CôteCode Arts. d’Ivoire,de6 and la Nationalité, 7 Art. 3; ID commecard application modifié enprocedures 2005, Arts. 6 and 7 Law on Identity Cards, Art. 3; ID cardYes applicationCitizenship procedures Act, Art. 4 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 4 Civil Registry Law 141(I)/2002, Arts.Yes 59 and 61; IDCivil card Registry application Law 141(I)/22,form and proceduresArt. 19Yes Civil Registry Law 141(I)/22, Art. 19 ID card application procedures; ID Yescard forms Act on Citizenship of the Czech Republic,Yes Sec. 4 Act on Citizenship of the Czech Republic, Sec. 4 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Consolidated Act of Danish Nationality,Yes Art. 1 Consolidated Act of Danish Nationality, Art. 1 Décret No. 215-345/PR/MI PortantYes ModificationLoi du No.Décret 79/AN/4/5ème No. 213-356/PR/MI Portant RelatifCodeYes de au la Changement NationalitéLoi No. Djiboutienne,de 79/AN/4/5ème la Carte Nationale Art. Portant 5 d’Identité, Code de Art. la Nationalité 1; ID card application Djiboutienne, procedures Art. 5 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes The Constitution of the CommonwealthYes of Dominica,The Constitution Secs. 98 and of 99 the Commonwealth of Dominica, Secs. 98 and 99 Ley No. 8-92, Art. 5; ID card applicationYes proceduresConstitución de la República Dominicana,Yes Art. 18(1)Constitución de la República Dominicana, Art. 18(1) Ley Orgánica de Gestión de la IdentidadYes y Datos ConstituciónCiviles, Art. 93; de ID la cardRepública application del Ecuador,Yes procedures Art. 7 Constitución de la República del Ecuador, Art. 7 ID card application form ExecutiveYes Regulations ofLaw the No. Civil 26 Affairs of 1975, Law as No. amended 1121 of by 1995,Yes Law Art. No. 33154Law of 24 No. Concerning 26 of 1975, Egyptian as amended Nationality, by Law Art. No. 2 154 of 24 Concerning Egyptian Nationality, Art. 2 Decreto No. 581, Arts. 3 y 4; ID cardYes application proceduresConstitución de la República de El YesSalvador, Arts.Constitución 9 y 91 de la República de El Salvador, Arts. 9 y 91 ID card application form Yes Ley No. 3/2011, Art. 3 Yes Ley No. 3/2011, Art. 3 ID card application form Yes Eritrean Nationality Proclamation No.Yes 21/1992, Art.Eritrean 2 Nationality Proclamation No. 21/1992, Art. 2 Identity Documents Act, Art. 19; IDYes card applicationCitizenship form Act, Art. 5 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 5 ID card application procedures ; IdentificationNo OrderConstitution of 1998 of the Kingdom of Swaziland,No Art. 43(1)Constitution - (5) of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Art. 43(1) - (5) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Ethiopian Nationality ProclamationYes No. 378/23, Art.Ethiopian 3(1) Nationality Proclamation No. 378/23, Art. 3(1) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship of Fiji Act of 2009, Secs.Yes 6 and 8 Citizenship of Fiji Act of 2009, Secs. 6 and 8 Law on ID Card of 2016, Art. 1; ID cardYes applicationNationality procedures Act, Art. 9 Yes Nationality Act, Art. 9 Décret No. 55-1397 du 22 OctobreYes 1955 InstituantCode la Carte Civil, NationaleArt. 18 d'Identité, Arts.Yes 2 et 4; ID cardCode application Civil, Art. procedures18 ID card application procedures; DécretYes No. 111/PR/MISPIDLoi No. 37/98 du du25 2Septembre Juillet 1999 2011 PortantYes Code de laLoi Nationalité No. 37/98 Gabonaise,du 2 Juillet Art.1999 13 Portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise, Art. 13 ID card application procedures; ID Yescard applicationWomen's form Act, 2010, Art. 39 ; ConstitutionYes of TheWomen's Gambia, Art.Act, 92010, Art. 39 ; Constitution of The Gambia, Art. 9 Law of Georgia on the Procedure forYes Registering Organicthe Citizens Law of Georgia andon Georgian Aliens YesResiding Citizenship, in Georgia, OrganicArt. 10 for Law Issuing of Georgia Identity on (Residence) Georgian Citizenship, Cards and PassportsArt. 10 of a Citizen of Georgia Art. 11(1) ; ID card application procedures Act on Identity Cards and ElectronicYes Identification,Nationality Secs. 1 and Act, 5; Sec. Attachments 4 to theYes Ordinance onNationality Identity Cards Act, Sec. and 4 Electronic Identification National Identity Register Act, Arts.Yes 28-3; NationalConstitution Identity Register of the Regulations,Republic of Ghana, Art.Yes 3 and Art. Schedule 6(2); ConstitutionCitizenship Act of ofthe 2000, Republic Art. 7of Ghana, Art. 6(2); Citizenship Act of 2000, Art. 7 Law 3021/19/53/25; ID card applicationYes proceduresLaw 3838/21, Art. 1 Yes Law 3838/21, Art. 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of Grenada 1973, Arts.Yes 96 and 97 Constitution of Grenada 1973, Arts. 96 and 97 Decreto Número 9-25 Ley del RegistroYes Nacional deConstitución las Personas, Política Arts. de 5 y la 56; República ID cardYes applicationde Guatemala, proceduresConstitución Art. 144 Política de la República de Guatemala, Art. 144 Décret D/95/254/PRG/SGG, Arts. 1er-5;No ID card applicationCode Civil de form la Republique de Guinée,Yes Arts. 3-32Code et 37 Civil de la Republique de Guinée, Arts. 3-32 et 37 ID card application form Ministry ofYes Justice DecreeCitizenship 1/26 of August Law, Art. 17 5 Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 5 ID card application procedures Yes Constitution of the Co-operative RepublicYes of Guyana,Constitution Arts. 43 of and the 44; Co-operative Guyana Citizenship Republic Act, of Guyana, Ch. 14:1, Arts. Art. 43 8(1) and 44; Guyana Citizenship Act, Ch. 14:1, Art. 8(1) Décret Relatif à la Carte d'IdentificationYes Nationale,Constitution 2005, Art. de4; Projetla République de Loi instituant d'HaïtiYes de la 1987, carte Art.d'identificationConstitution 11 de nationale la République unique, d'Haïti 2017, de Arts. 1987, 6 et Art. 12 11 Ley del Registro Nacional de las Personas,Yes Art. 88;Constitución ID card application de la República procedures de Honduras,Yes Art. 23Constitución de la República de Honduras, Art. 23 Registration of Persons Ordinance,Yes Ch. 177, Sec. Nationality3; ID card application Law of the procedures People's RepublicYes of China,Nationality Arts. 4 and Law 5 of the People's Republic of China, Arts. 4 and 5 Government Decree 414/201 on IssuanceYes of an IDAct Card, LV. of Arts. 1993 15-22; on Hungarian ID card application Citizenship,Yes procedures Art. 3 Act LV. of 1993 on Hungarian Citizenship, Art. 3 ID card application procedures; ID Yescard applicationIcelandic form Nationality Act, Art. 1 Yes Icelandic Nationality Act, Art. 1 The Aadhar (Targetted delivery of Yesfinancial and otherCitizenship subsidies, Act, benefits1955, Arts. and 3 services)and 4Yes Act, 2016, CitizenshipSec. 3(1) Act, 1955, Arts. 3 and 4 Administration of Population Law,Yes Arts. 2 and 63Law No. 12/26 on Citizenship, Art. Yes4(2)-(4) Law No. 12/26 on Citizenship, Art. 4(2)-(4) ID card application procedures ExecutiveNo Bylaw onCivil the Code, Law Art.of Allotting 976(5) IdentificationNo Numbers andCivil Postal Code, Codes Art. 976(5) to all Iranian Nationals, Art. 2 Civil Status Law No. 32 of 1974, Arts.No 44(1) and 45;Iraqi National Nationality ID Law Law, No. No. 3 of 26 216, of 2006, Ch.No IX Arts. 3 andIraqi 4 Nationality Law, No. 26 of 2006, Arts. 3 and 4 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act,Yes 1956, Art. 7Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, Art. 7 ID card application form; ID card applicationYes proceduresNationality Law, 5712-1952, Art. 4Yes Nationality Law, 5712-1952, Art. 4 Legal Decree No. 7 of 13 May 2011,Yes Art. 1; ID cardAct application No. 91 of 5procedures February 1992, Art.Yes 1 Act No. 91 of 5 February 1992, Art. 1 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of Jamaica, Ch. II, Arts.Yes 3(B)-3(C) Constitution of Jamaica, Ch. II, Arts. 3(B)-3(C) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Nationality Act (Law No.147 of 195),Yes Art. 2 Nationality Act (Law No.147 of 195), Art. 2 Civil Status Law No. 9 of 2001, Art.No 38; ID card applicationNationality form Law No. 6 of 1954, Art.No 3 Nationality Law No. 6 of 1954, Art. 3 Law on Identity Documents, Arts. Yes7 and 9; ID cardLaw application on Citizenship procedure of the RepublicYes of Kazakhstan,Law Arts. on 11 Citizenship and 12 of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Arts. 11 and 12 Registration of Persons Act, Art. 5;Yes ID card applicationConstitution form of Kenya, Art. 14(1); KenyaYes CitizenshipConstitution and Immigration of Kenya, Act, Art. 2011, 14(1); Arts. Kenya 6 and Citizenship 7 and Immigration Act, 2011, Arts. 6 and 7 National Identity Registration Bill 2018,No Sec. 16; IDConstitution Card Application of Kiribati, Form Sec. 25 Yes Constitution of Kiribati, Sec. 25 Enforcement Decree of the ResidentYes RegistrationNationality Act, Art. 36 Act, Art. 2(1) Yes Nationality Act, Art. 2(1) Law on Identity Cards, Art. 3(1) Yes Law on Citizenship of Kosovo, Art. Yes6 Law on Citizenship of Kosovo, Art. 6 ID Card application procedures No Nationality Law, Arts. 2 and 3 No Nationality Law, Arts. 2 and 3 Decree of the Goverment of KyrgyzYes Republic No.Law 238 on of Citizenship April 21, 2017, of Kyrgyz Art. 13 Republic,Yes Art. 12 Law on Citizenship of Kyrgyz Republic, Art. 12 Family Registration Law 2018, Art.Yes 16 Law on Lao Nationality, Arts. 1 andYes 11 Law on Lao Nationality, Arts. 1 and 11 Rules on identity Documents, Art.2Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 2 Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 2 ID card application procedures No Decree No. 15 on Lebanese NationalityNo of 1925, DecreeArt. 1 No. 15 on Lebanese Nationality of 1925, Art. 1 National Identity Cards Act of 2011,Yes Arts. 12 andLesotho 14; ID card Citizenship application Order form No. 16 ofYes 1971, Arts. 5(3)Lesotho and 6;Citizenship Constitution Order of Lesotho,No. 16 of Art. 1971, 39 Arts. 5(3) and 6; Constitution of Lesotho, Art. 39 ID card application procedures Yes Constitution of Liberia, Art. 28 Yes Constitution of Liberia, Art. 28 ID card application procedures No Law Number 24 for 2010/1378 on Nothe Libyan Nationality,Law Number Arts. 24 2, for 3 and 2010/1378 11 on the Libyan Nationality, Arts. 2, 3 and 11 Regulation on Passport and IdentityYes Cards FormsLaw and on Approval Citizenship of Issuing of the Procedure, RepublicYes of Arts. Lithuania, 3, 12 and Art.Law 13 14 on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, Art. 14 Loi du 9 Juin 2013 Relative à l'IdentificationYes des PersonnesLoi du 8 Mars Physiques, 2017 sur Art. la Nationalité1; ID cardYes application Luxembourgeoise, proceduresLoi du 8 Arts.1,Mars 2017 4 et 7sur la Nationalité Luxembourgeoise, Arts.1, 4 et 7 ID card application procedures Yes Loi No. 2016-38 Modifiant et ComplétantYes CertainesLoi No.Dispositions 2016-38 deModifiant l’Ordonnance et Complétant n°6-64 du Certaines 22 Juillet Dispositions 1960 Portant de Code l’Ordonnance de la Nationalité n°6-64 du Malagasy, 22 Juillet Art. 1960 2 Portant Code de la Nationalité Malagasy, Art. 2 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship Act, Art. 4 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 4 ID card application procedures; ID Nocard applicationConstitution form of Malaysia, Second Schedule,No Part ConstitutionII of Malaysia, Second Schedule, Part II ID card application form; RegulationYes on IssuanceConstitution of National Identityof the Republic Card of Maldives,Yes Art. 9(a)(2)Constitution of the Republic of Maldives, Art. 9(a)(2) ID card application procedures; DécretYes No. 14/PG-RMLoi No. du 211-87 9/1/88 Portant portant Code Institution des PersonnesYes et Règlementation et deLoi la No.Famille, de 211-87 la DélivranceArts. Portant 224 et deCode 1146 la Cartedes Personnes D’Identité et et de de la la Famille, Carte Consulaire Arts. 224 et 1146 Identity Card and Other DocumentsYes Act; ID card Malteseapplication Citizenship form Act, Art. 5 Yes Maltese Citizenship Act, Art. 5 ID card application procedures; ID Yescard applicationConstitution form of the Republic of theYes Marshall Islands,Constitution Art. XI, Sec. of the 1(2)(a) Republic of the Marshall Islands, Art. XI, Sec. 1(2)(a) Décret n° 2012-030 abrogeant et remplaçantNo le décretLoi No. n° 2010-023 2000.028 du du 2010 19 mars abrogeant 2000,No instituantet remplaceant uneLoi carteNo. certaines 2010-023 nationale dispositions du d’identité 2010 abrogeant de et la fixantloi 61-112 et les remplaceant conditions du 12 juin de certaines1961 sa délivrance, portant dispositions code Arts. de 3 dela et Nationalitéla 9 loi 61-112 Mauritanienne, du 12 juin 1961 Art. portant 8 code de la Nationalité Mauritanienne, Art. 8 National Identity Card Act, Arts. 4 andYes 5; ID card Mauritiusapplication Citizenship procedures Act, Art. 6 Yes Mauritius Citizenship Act, Art. 6 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitución Política de los EstadosYes Unidos Mexicanos,Constitución Art. 30(A) Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Art. 30(A) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of the Federated StatesYes of Micronesia,Constitution Art. III, Sec. of 2;the Code Federated of Federated States ofStates Micronesia, of Micronesia, Art. III, TitleSec. 7,2; Sec.Code 202(2)(b) of Federated States of Micronesia, Title 7, Sec. 202(2)(b) Law No. 273 of 9.11.1994, Art. 4(1-3)Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 11(1)(a) Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 11(1)(a) Citizen's Registration Law, DecemberYes 14, 1999, Arts.Law 22.4of Mongolia and 28; onCivil Citizenship, registration Arts. Yesapplication 6 and 7 proceduresLaw of Mongolia on Citizenship, Arts. 6 and 7 Identification Card Act, Art. 2; ID cardYes applicationLaw procedures on Montenegrin Citizenship, Arts.Yes 5, 6, and 16Law on Montenegrin Citizenship, Arts. 5, 6, and 16 Loi No. 35-6 Instituant la Carte d'IndentitéYes NationaleCode Electronique, de la Nationalité Art. Marocaine,3; ID card application YesArt. 6 proceduresCode de la Nationalité Marocaine, Art. 6 ID card application procedures; DecreeYes No. 11/2008,Constitution Arts. 1, 2of and the 3 Republic of Mozambique,Yes Arts.Constitution 23 and 28 of the Republic of Mozambique, Arts. 23 and 28 ID card application procedures; BurmaYes CitizenshipConstitution Law, Sec. 9 of the Republic of theYes Union of Myanmar,Constitution 2008, ofArt. the 345; Republic Burma of Citizenship the Union Law, of Myanmar, Arts. 5 and 2008, 7 Art. 345; Burma Citizenship Law, Arts. 5 and 7 Identification Act of 1996, Art. 5(3);Yes ID card applicationNamibian procedures Citizenship Act, Art. 2; ConstitutionYes of Namibianthe Republic Citizenship of Namibia, Act, Art. Art. 4(1)(c) 2; Constitution of the Republic of Namibia, Art. 4(1)(c) No applicable provisions could be locatedNo Citizenship Act, 263, 26, Art. 5(2) ; NoConstitution ofCitizenship Nepal, Art. Act, 11(2) 263, 26, Art. 5(2) ; Constitution of Nepal, Art. 11(2) ID card application procedures ID cardYes applicationNetherlands form Nationality Act, Art. 3(1)Yes Netherlands Nationality Act, Art. 3(1) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship Act as amended, Arts. 6Yes and 7 Citizenship Act as amended, Arts. 6 and 7 Ley Núm.152 de Identificación Ciudadana,Yes Arts. 3Constitución y 17 Política de la RepúblicaYes de Nicaragua,Constitución Art. 16; Ley Política General de de la MigraciónRepública dey Extranjería, Nicaragua, Art.Art. 4516; Ley General de Migración y Extranjería, Art. 45 Décret No. 64-193/MI du 9 OctobreYes 1964 InstituantCode une de Carte la Nationalité d'Identité Nigérienne, Obligatoire,Yes Art. Arts. 11 1 and 3Code de la Nationalité Nigérienne, Art. 11 National Identity Management CommissionYes Act, ConstitutionArt. 16; ID card of theapplication Federal RepublicproceduresYes of Nigeria, Art.Constitution 25(1)(b) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Art. 25(1)(b) Law on ID Card, Art. 2; ID card applicationYes form; LawID card on Citizenship,issuance procedure Art. 4 Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 4 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Norwegian Nationality Act, Ch. 2, Sec.Yes 4 Norwegian Nationality Act, Ch. 2, Sec. 4 Royal Decree 66/99 Promulgating theNo Law on CivilNationality Status, Art. Law 42; of Civil Oman, Status, Art. Ch. 1 8No Nationality Law of Oman, Art. 1 ID card application procedures; TheYes National DatabasePakistan and Citizenship Registration Act, Authority Art. 5 Ordinance,Yes 2000Pakistan Citizenship Act, Art. 5 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of the Republic of Palau,Yes Art. III, Sec.2;Constitution Palau Consolidated of the Republic Legislation, of Palau, Title Art. 13 III, Citizenship Sec.2; Palau and Consolidated Immigration, Legislation, Sec. 132 Title 13 Citizenship and Immigration, Sec. 132 Ley Núm. 83 sobre Cédula de IdentidadYes Personal,Constitución Arts. 2 y 6; IDPolítica card application de la República proceduresYes de Panamá,Constitución Art. 9 Política de la República de Panamá, Art. 9 ID card application form; Civil RegistrationYes (Amendment)Constitution Act of the 2014, Independent Arts. 37C(4) State Yesand of37D(3) Papua NewConstitution Guinea, ofArt. the 66 Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Art. 66 ID card application procedures Yes Constitución Política de la RepúblicaYes de Paraguay,Constitución Art. 146 Política de la República de Paraguay, Art. 146 Ley No. 26497 Orgánica del RegistroYes Nacional deConstitución Identificación Política y Estado del Civil, Perú, Art. Art. 31;Yes 52; ID Ley card No. application 26574Constitución de Nacionalidad,procedures Política del Arts. Perú, 2(3) Art. y 4(3) 52; Ley No. 26574 de Nacionalidad, Arts. 2(3) y 4(3) Republic Act No. 11055, Sec. 7(c) Yes The 1987 Constitution of the RepublicYes of the Philippines,The 1987 Art. Constitution IV, Sec. 1 of the Republic of the Philippines, Art. IV, Sec. 1 Law on Identity Cards (2010 with amendmentsYes 2019.653),Constitution Arts. of the5(1) Republic and 6(1) of Poland,Yes Art. 34(1);Constitution Act on Polish of Citizenship,the Republic Art. of Poland,4 Art. 34(1); Act on Polish Citizenship, Art. 4 Law No. 7/2007, Art. 3; ID card applicationYes proceduresLaw No. 37/81 Portuguese NationalityYes Act, Art. 1(1)Law No. 37/81 Portuguese Nationality Act, Art. 1(1) No applicable provisions could be locatedYes United States Code, Title 8, Secs.141Yes and 149; ActaUnited Jones States Carta Code, Orgánica Title de 8, 1917Secs.141 de Puerto and 149; Rico, Acta Art. Jones 5b Carta Orgánica de 1917 de Puerto Rico, Art. 5b Law No. 37 of 2005 Amending CertainNo ProvisionsLaw of Decree-Law No. 38 of 2005 No. on5 of the 1965 Acquisition on IdentityNo of QatariCards, Nationality,LawArt. 2;No. ID 38 card ofArt. 2005application 1(4) on the form Acquisition of Qatari Nationality, Art. 1(4) ID Card Application and Issuance Procedure;Yes Emergency Law No. Ordinance 21 of March No. 1st 97/2005 1991 on Regarding RomanianYes the Citizenship, Record,Law No. the Art.21 Domicile, of 5 March the 1st Residence 1991 on Romanian and the Identity Citizenship, Documents Art. 5 of the Romanian Citizens, Art. 12 Decree No. 828 of July 8, 1997 On Yesthe Passport ofFederal the Citizen Law on of the Russian FederationFederation,Yes Citizenship, Arts. 4 andFederal Art.11; Passport12 Law on theapplication Russian formFederation Citizenship, Art. 12 Law No. 14/28 Governing RegistrationYes of the PopulationOrganic Lawand IssuanceNo. 3/28 ofRelating the National to RwandanYes Identity Nationality, Card,Organic Art. Art.11; Law ID6 No. card 3/28 application Relating proceduresto Rwandan Nationality, Art. 6 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Citizenship Act 2004, Art. 6 Yes Citizenship Act 2004, Art. 6 Delegated Decree No. 105 of 16 AugustYes 2016, Art.Citizenship 2 Law, as amended by LawYes No. 84 of 17Citizenship June 24, Art. Law, 1 as amended by Law No. 84 of 17 June 24, Art. 1 Civil Identification Law, Decree No.Yes 251/71, Art. 11Constitution of the Democratic RepublicYes of Sao TomeConstitution and Principe, of the Art.Democratic 3(1); Law Republic No. 6/90, of Art.Sao 5Tome and Principe, Art. 3(1); Law No. 6/90, Art. 5 Civil Status System, as amended byNo Council of MinistersSaudi Arabian Resolution Citizenship No. 151 Regulation dated 13/5/1434H,No 1374 H, Arts. Art.Saudi 7 67; and Arabian ID 8 card Citizenshipapplication Regulationform 1374 H, Arts. 7 and 8 Décret No. 216-1536 Portant ApplicationYes de la LoiLoi No. No. 2016-9 213-5 Instituantdu 8 Juillet une 2013 Carte Portant Yesd’Identité Modification BiométriqueLoi No.de la213-5 CEDEAO,Loi No. du 61-18 Art.Juillet du 1; 72013ID Mars card Portant 1961application Déterminant Modification procedures la de Nationalité la Loi No. 61-1Sénégalais, du 7 Mars Art. 19611 Déterminant la Nationalité Sénégalais, Art. 1 Law on ID Cards, Arts. 2, 3 and 7; IDYes card applicationLaw procedureson Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Serbia, Arts.Law 7 and on Citizenship9 of the Republic of Serbia, Arts. 7 and 9 National Identity Cards Act, Arts. 4Yes and 5; ID cardConstitution application proceduresof the Republic of Seychelles,Yes Arts. 8,Constitution 9 and 11 of the Republic of Seychelles, Arts. 8, 9 and 11 The National Registration Act, 2016,Yes Art. 27 The Sierra Leone Citizenship (Amendment)Yes Act, 2017,The Sierra Art. 1; Leone The Sierra Citizenship Leone (Amendment) Citizenship Act, Act, 1979, 2017, Arts. Art. 5 1; and The 6 Sierra Leone Citizenship Act, 1979, Arts. 5 and 6 National Registration Act, Sec. 5; IDYes card applicationConstitution procedures of the Republic of Singapore,Yes Arts. 121Constitution and 122(1)(b) of the Republic of Singapore, Arts. 121 and 122(1)(b) ID card application procedures; LawYes on Identity ActCards on Act Citizenship 224/2006, of theArt. Slovak2(2) Republic,Yes Art. 5 Act on Citizenship of the Slovak Republic, Art. 5 ID card application procedures; LawYes on PersonalCitizenship Identity Card, Act Art. of the 2 Republic of Slovenia,Yes Arts. Citizenship4 and 5 Act of the Republic of Slovenia, Arts. 4 and 5 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes The Constitution of Solomon Islands,Yes Art. 22 The Constitution of Solomon Islands, Art. 22 ID card application form No Law on Somali Citizenship of 1962,No art. 2(a) Law on Somali Citizenship of 1962, art. 2(a) Identification Act, Arts. 3 and 15 Yes South African Citizenship Act, 1995,Yes Arts. 2(1)(b) Southand 3(1)(b)(i) African Citizenship Act, 1995, Arts. 2(1)(b) and 3(1)(b)(i) ID card application procedures Yes Transitional Constitution of the RepublicYes of SouthTransitional Sudan 2011, Constitution Art. 45(1); ofNationality the Republic Act, of2011, South Art. Sudan 8 2011, Art. 45(1); Nationality Act, 2011, Art. 8 Real Decreto 1553/2005, Arts. 2, 5Yes y 11; ID card applicationCódigo Civil, procedures Art. 17(a) Yes Código Civil, Art. 17(a) Registration of Persons Act No. 32Yes of 1968, Arts. Citizenship2 and 14; ID Act, card Art. application 5 proceduresYes Citizenship Act, Art. 5 Voter registration brochure Yes The Constitution of Saint ChristopherYes and Nevis, TheArts. Constitution 90-92 of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Arts. 90-92 ID card application procedures ; IDYes card applicationConstitution form of Saint Lucia, Arts. 100Yes and 101; CitizenshipConstitution Act, of Arts. Saint 4 andLucia, 5 Arts. 100 and 101; Citizenship Act, Arts. 4 and 5 ID card application procedures Yes Constitution of Saint Vincent and theYes Grenadines,Constitution Arts. 91 and of 92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Arts. 91 and 92 Civil Registration Act, Art. 27; ID cardNo applicationSudanese form Nationality Act as amendedNo in 2011, Art.Sudanese 4; Interim Nationality National Act Constitution as amended of thein 2011, Republic Art. of4; theInterim Sudan, National 2005, ConstitutionArt. 7(2) of the Republic of the Sudan, 2005, Art. 7(2) ID card application procedures; IdentityYes Act, Art.Nationality 2 and Residency AmendmentYes Act, Art. Nationality1B and Residency Amendment Act, Art. 1B ID card application procedures; LawYes on Identity Cards,Act on Art. Swedish 1 Citizenship, Art. 2 Yes Act on Swedish Citizenship, Art. 2 Loi sur les Documents d'Identité, Arts.Yes 1 et 2; OrdonnanceLoi sur la Nationalité, du DFJP sur Art.les Documents1 Yes d'Identité desLoi surRessortissants la Nationalité, Suisses Art. 1 ID Card Law, Art. 1 No Nationality Law, Art. 3 No Nationality Law, Art. 3 ID card application procedures Yes Nationality Act, Art. 2 Yes Nationality Act, Art. 2 Law on Identity Documents, Arts. 6(2)Yes and 13 Constitutional Law on Сitizenship ofYes the RepublicConstitutional of Tajikistan, Art.Law 13on Сitizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan, Art. 13 Registration and Identification of PersonsYes Act 1986,Citizenship as amended, Act, Arts. Art. 51 and 6 Yes Citizenship Act, Arts. 5 and 6 ID card application procedures andYes form; NationalNationality Identification Act, B.E.Act, 258,Art. 5as amended,Yes Sec. 7 Nationality Act, B.E. 258, as amended, Sec. 7 Decree-Law No. 2/2004 on Civil Identification,Yes Arts.Constitution 6, 18 and of19 the Democratic RepublicYes of Timor-Leste,Constitution Art. 3;of Lawthe Democraticon Citizenship Republic No. 9/22, of Timor-Leste, Arts. 8 and 9 Art. 3; Law on Citizenship No. 9/22, Arts. 8 and 9 ID card application procedures; Le YesGuide JuridiqueConstitution du Citoyen de la IVe République, YesArt. 32; Loi SurConstitution la Nationalité de Togolaise,la IVe République, Art. 3 Art. 32; Loi Sur la Nationalité Togolaise, Art. 3 National Identity Card Act, Sec. 7 Yes Nationality (Amendment) Act 2007,Yes Sec. 4 Nationality (Amendment) Act 2007, Sec. 4 Obtaining a National IdentificationYes Card Constitution of the Republic of TrinidadYes and Tobago,Constitution Art. 17 ; ofCitizenship the Republic of the of TrinidadRepublic andof Trinidad Tobago, and Art. Tobago 17 ; Citizenship Act, Art. 5of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Art. 5 Loi No. 93-27 du 22 Mars 1993, RelativeYes à la CarteCode Nationale de la Nationalité d'Identité, Tunisienne, Art. 2; DécretYes Art. n°93-717 6 duCode 13/04/1993 de la Nationalité relatif à Tunisienne,la fixation des Art. normes 6 matérielles et techniques de la carte d'identité nationale et les documents requis pour son acquisition ou son changement, Art. 1(a)(3) Population Services Law, Art. 11; IDYes card applicationTurkish procedures Citizenship Law, Art. 7 Yes Turkish Citizenship Law, Art. 7 ID card application procedures; TheYes Registration Ugandaof Persons Citizenship Act, 2015, and Arts. Immigration 68, 69 Yesand Control schedule Act, 3Uganda Sec.12(b) Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, Sec.12(b) Resolution CM No. 32 of March 25,Yes 2015, AnnexLaw 1 and on OrderCitizenship, No. 745 Art. of 7 October 26,Yes 2016; ID cardLaw application on Citizenship, procedures Art. 7 Federal Law No. 9 of 2006, Art. 4; ExecutiveNo StatuteLaw for No. Law 17 forNo. 1972 9 of 2006,Concerning Art. 7 NationalityNo and LawPassports, No. 17 Art. for 19722 Concerning Nationality and Passports, Art. 2 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes British Nationality Act, Secs. 1-3 Yes British Nationality Act, Secs. 1-3 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes United States Code, Title 8, Sec. 141Yes United States Code, Title 8, Sec. 141 ID card application procedures Yes Constitución de la República OrientalYes de Uruguay,Constitución Art. 74; Ley de No. la 16.021República Nacionalidad Oriental de Uruguaya, Uruguay, Arts.Art. 74; 1 and Ley 2 No. 16.021 Nacionalidad Uruguaya, Arts. 1 and 2 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Law on Citizenship, Arts. 13 and 14Yes Law on Citizenship, Arts. 13 and 14 No applicable provisions could be locatedYes Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu,Yes Art. 11 Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu, Art. 11 Decreto No. 1412, Arts. 6, 16 y 17;Yes ID card applicationConstitución procedures de la República BolivarianaYes de Venezuela,Constitución Art. 32; de Ley la Repúblicade Nacionalidad Bolivariana y Ciudadania, de Venezuela, Art. 9 Art. 32; Ley de Nacionalidad y Ciudadania, Art. 9 Decree No. 5/1999/ND-CP on the People'sYes IdentityLaw Card, on Vietnamese Art. 3; ID card Nationality application No.Yes procedures 24/28/QH12,Law Arts. on 15 Vietnamese and 16 Nationality No. 24/28/QH12, Arts. 15 and 16 Civil Status Law No. 2 of 1999, Art.No 43; ID card applicationJordanian formNationality Law No. 6 ofNo 1954, Art. 3 Jordanian Nationality Law No. 6 of 1954, Art. 3 Law No. 23 of 1991 on Civil Status Yesand Civil Registration,Law No. Art.25 of 49; 2010 ID card on Amending application LawYes procedures No. 6 of 1990Law ConcerningNo. 25 of 2010 Yemeni on Amending Nationality, Law Art. No. 3 6 of 1990 Concerning Yemeni Nationality, Art. 3 National Registration Act, Ch. 126,Yes Art. 5 Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)Yes Act 2016, Art.Constitution 37; Citizenship of Zambia of Zambia (Amendment) Act, Arts. Act 17-19 2016, Art. 37; Citizenship of Zambia Act, Arts. 17-19 ID card application procedures Yes Constitution of Zimbabwe, Arts. 36Yes and 37 Constitution of Zimbabwe, Arts. 36 and 37 Does a woman’s Can a married woman testimony carry legally confer her Do married couples the same citizenship to a non- jointly share legal evidentiary national spouse in the responsibility for weight in court same way as a married financially maintaining as a man's in all man? Legal Bases the family’s expenses? Legal Bases types of cases? Legal Bases Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 18 No Civil Law, Arts. 117-130 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Albanian Citizenship, Art. 10Yes Family Code, Arts. 50 and 54 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Code de la Nationalité Algérienne, YesArt. 9 bis Code de la Famille, Art. 36 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Law No. 2/16, Art. 13 Yes Family Code 1/88, Arts. 45 and Yes46 No restrictions could be located Yes Antigua and Barbuda Constitution YesOrder 1981, Sec.No 114(1)(b);applicable Theprovisions Antigua could and BarbudaYesbe located CitizenshipNo restrictions Act, Sec.3 could be located Yes Ley No. 346 Ley de Ciudadanía, Art.Yes 2(7); Ley No. 26.994 Código Civil y ComercialYes deNo la restrictionsNación, Arts. could 431 ybe 432 located Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 13 Yes Family Code, Art. 24(3) Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 22 Yes Family Law Act, Art. 72 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 11a Yes Civil Code, Art. 94 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Citizenship, Arts. 7 and 14 Yes Family Code, Art. 29.1 Yes No restrictions could be located No Constitution of the CommonwealthYes of the Bahamas,No applicable Art. 5 provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Bahraini Citizenship Act, as amendedNo by Decree LawFamily No. Law 12 ofNo. 1989, 19 of Art. 2017, 6; BahrainiArts.No 39, Citizenship 46 andFamily 49 Act, Law, as Art.amended 4 by Decree Law No. 1 of 1981, Art. 7 No Citizenship Act of 1951, Art. 10; BangladeshNo CitizenshipMuslim Temporary Personal Law Provision (Shariat) Rules ApplicationYes of 1978No Act restrictions 1937, Art. 2could be located No The Constitution of Barbados, Secs.Yes 3A and 6 Family Law Act, Ch. 214, Secs. 50Yes and 51 No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Belarus, Arts.Code 7 and on Marriage15; Citizenship and Family, Instructions ArtYes 29. and ProcedureNo restrictions could be located Yes Code de la Nationalité Belge, Art. 12bisYes (1)(3) Code Civil, Art. 221 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of Belize, Sec. 26(1)(a);Yes Belizean NationalityFamilies Act,and ChildrenCh. 161, Sec.Act, 11Ch. 173,Yes Secs. 5,No 48 restrictions and 49 could be located No Loi No. 65-17 du 23 Juin 1965 PortantYes Code de laLoi Nationalité N° 2002-07 Dahoméenne, portant Code Arts. desYes 18Personnes and 36No et restrictions de la Famille, could Arts. be 159-162 located Yes Bhutan Citizenship Act of 1985, Arts.Yes 4 and 6(a) No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Constitución Política del Estado PlurinacionalYes de LeyBolivia, No. 603Arts. Código 142 (II) de (1) las y 143Familias (I);Yes Ley y del No. Proceso 37No derestrictions Migración, Familiar, could Arts.173(I) Art. be42(I)(1) located y 174© Yes Law on Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Yes Art.Family 10 ; Law ofon the Citizenship Federation of the ofYes the Republika BosniaNo Srpska,and restrictions Herzegovina, Art. 12 could Art. be 213(1) located ; Family Law the Republika Srpska, Art. 231 Yes Citizenship Act, Sec. 14 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Law No. 13445, Arts. 66 and 124 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 1.511, 1.565 andYes 1.566 No restrictions could be located No Brunei Nationality Law, Art. 5(6); BruneiNo NationalityIslamic (Registration) Family Law, Regulations, Sec. 2(1) Art.No 6 and ScheduleSyariah Courts Form CEvidence Order 2001, Art. 106 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 13; Yes Family Code, art. 32 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Art. 151 Code des Personnes et de la Famille,Yes Art. 299No restrictions could be located No Loi 1/013 du 18 juillet 2000 portantYes reforme du codeCode dedes la Personnes nationalité, et Art. de la4 Famille,Yes Arts. No123 restrictions et 125 could be located Yes Law No. 80/III/90, Art. 9 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 1629 and 1636Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Nationality, Art. 5 Yes Law on Marriage and Family, Art.35;Yes Civil Code,No restrictions Art.975 could be located No Loi No. 1968-LF-3 du 11 Juin 1968,Yes Portant Code Codede la Civil,Nationalité Art. 214; Camerounaise, OrdonnanceYes Arts.No. 81/02 17 andNo du restrictions26 29 Juin 1981 could Portant be located Organisation de l'Etat Civil et Diverses Dispositions Relatives à l'Etat des Personnes Physiques, Art. 75 Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 5; ImmigrationYes and Refugee FamilyProtection Law Act, Arts.Art. 5(7) 12-14 Yes No restrictions could be located No Loi No. 1961.212 Portant Code de Yesla Nationalité LoiCentrafricaine, No. 97.013 PortantArt. 13 Code deYes la Famille,No Art. restrictions 253 could be located Yes Code de la Nationalité Tchadienne,Yes Art.17 Code Civil, Art. 214 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución Política de la RepúblicaYes de Chile, Art.Código 1; Decreto Civil, Art.No. 1345142, Art. 2 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Law of the People's RepublicYes of China,No Art. applicable 7 provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Ley No. 43 de 1993, Art. 5; Yes Código Civil, Arts.176 y 177 Yes No restrictions could be located No Code de la Nationalité, Arts. 15 et 3(1)No Code de la Familie, Art. 54 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Loi No. 4/24 du 12 Novembre 24 RelativeYes à la NationalitéLoi N°16/008 Congolaise, du 15 Juillet Art. 19 2016 Yes Modifiant Noet Complétantrestrictions couldla Loi Portantbe located Code de la Famille, Art. 1er (Modifiant Art. 445) No Code de la Nationalité Congolaise,Yes Arts. 18 et 19Code de la Famille, Arts. 167 etYes 169 No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución Política de la RepublicaYes de Costa Rica,Código Art. 14(5)de Familia, Art. 35 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Code de la Nationalité, comme modifiéYes en 2005,Loi Art. n°2019-570 12 du 26 juin 2019Yes sur le mariage,No restrictions Art. 59 could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 10 Yes Family act, Art. 44 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Civil Registry Law 141(I)/22, Art. 11(2)Yes Law Regulating Property RelationsYes of SpousesNo restrictions 232/1991, Art.could 3 be located Yes Act on Citizenship of the Czech Republic,Yes Sec. 15Civil Code, Art. 713 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Circular Letter No. 61 of 22 SeptemberYes 2008, Art.Act 8 on the Legal Effects of Marriage,Yes Art. 2No restrictions could be located Yes Loi No. 79/AN/4/5ème Portant CodeNo de la NationalitéCode deDjiboutienne, la Famille, Arts. Art. 531 et 46;Yes Code Civil,No instituérestrictions par lacould Loi n°003/AN/18/8èmebe located L du 12 Avril 2019, Arts. 222 et suivants Yes Commonwealth of Dominica CitizenshipYes Act, Sec.No 6(1)(a) applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Constitución de la República Dominicana,Yes Arts. 18(5)Código y 21 Civil, Arts. 203 y 213 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución de la República del Ecuador,Yes Art. 8(4);Código Ley OrgánicaCivil, Arts. de 136 la Movilidady 138 Yes Humana, NoArt. restrictions 73 could be located No Law No. 26 of 1975, as amended byNo Law No. 154Personal of 24 Concerning Status Law Egyptian No. 25 ofNationality, 1929,Yes Arts. Art. 1No and 7 restrictions 4, as amended could bybe Lawlocated No. 100 of 1985 Yes Constitución de la República de El YesSalvador, Art. Código92(4) de la Familia, Arts. 36, 38Yes y 39 No restrictions could be located Yes Ley No. 3/2011, Arts. 5 y 6 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Eritrean Nationality Proclamation,Yes No. 21/1992, TransitionalArt. 6 Civil Code, art. 45 ;Yes Ethiopian CivilNo restrictions Code of 1960 could art. be 661 located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 6 Yes Family Law Act, Art. 16 Yes No restrictions could be located No Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland,Yes Art. 44No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo applicable provisions could be located Yes Ethiopian Nationality ProclamationYes No. 378/23, Art.The 6Revised Family Code, art. 50Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship of Fiji Act, 2009, Sec. 8(7-9)Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Act (359/2003), Sec. 22Yes Marriage Act (234/1929), Sec. 46Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Code Civil, Arts. 21-1 - 21-6 Yes Code Civil, Art. 214 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Loi No 37/98 du 2 Juillet 1999 PortantYes Code de laCode Nationalité Civil, Art. Gabonaise, 259 Art. 22Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of The Gambia, Art. 11Yes Matrimonial Causes Act, art. 18Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Organic Law of Georgia on GeorgianYes Citizenship, CivilArt. Code14(1) of Georgia, Art. 1152Yes ; Law of GeorgiaNo restrictions on Gender could Equality, be located Art. 10 Yes Nationality Act, Sec. 9 Yes Civil Code (BGB), Sec. 1360 Yes No restrictions could be located No Constitution of Ghana, Art. 7(1), (5)Yes and (6) Children's Act 1998, art. 6(3) Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law 3284/24, Art. 5(2)(a) Yes Civil Code, Art. 1389 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of Grenada 1973, Art.Yes 98; CitizenshipNo Act, applicable Ch. 54, Sec.provisions 5(3) could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Decreto No.1613 Ley de NacionalidadYes y sus ReformasCódigo Decreto Civil, Arts. No. 11086-96, y 111 Art. 43;Yes ConstituciónNo restrictions Política de couldla República be located de Guatemala, Art. 146 No Code Civil de la Republique de Guinée,Yes Arts. 49-55Code Civil de la Republique de Guinée,Yes Art.No 329 restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 8 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 1673 and 1677(2)Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of the Co-operative RepublicYes of Guyana,No applicable Art. 45 provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Décret du 6 Novembre 1984, Art. 3Yes Décret du 8 Octobre 1982 FixantYes un NouveauNo restrictionsStatut à la Femme could be Mariée, located ARts. 3 et 4 Yes Constitución de la República de Honduras,Yes Art. 24(6)Código de Família, Arts. 7, 42 y Yes71 No restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Law of the People's RepublicYes of ChinaNo N. applicable 379 of 1997 provisions 1/7/1997, could Art. Yes be7 locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Act LV. of 1993 on Hungarian Citizenship,Yes Art. 4(2)Civil Code of Hungary Art. 4:3 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Icelandic Nationality Act, Art. 8(2) Yes Law in Respect of Marriage No.Yes 31 of AprilNo 14th, restrictions 1993, Art. could 2 be located Yes Citizenship Act, 1955, Art. 5(1)(c) Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Law No. 12/26 on Citizenship, Art. No19 Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974, Art.Yes 34 (1) No restrictions could be located No Civil Code, Arts. 976(6), 980 and 1060No Civil Code, Arts. 1106 and 1107No Islamic Penal Code, Art. 199; Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 229 and 230 No Iraqi Nationality Law No. 26 of 2006,No Arts. 7 and Personal11 Status Law No. 188 of No1959, Art. Personal23 Status Law, Art. 1(2) Yes Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act,Yes 1956, Art. 8Family Law (Maintenance of SpousesYes and NoChildren) restrictions Act, 1976, could Art. be located5 Yes Nationality Law, 5712-1952, Art. 7Yes Family Law Amendment (Maintenance)Yes 1959,No restrictions Art. 2 could be located Yes Act No. 91 of 5 February 1992, Art.Yes 5 Civil Code, Art 143 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of Jamaica, Ch. II, Arts.Yes 4 and 7 Maintenance Act, Sect. 4 Yes No applicable provisions could be located Yes Nationality Act (Law No.147 of 195),Yes Art. 7 Civil Code, Art. 760 Yes No restrictions could be located No Nationality Law No. 6 of 1954, Art.No 8 Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019,No ArticlePersonal 59 Status Law No. 15 of 2019 , Art. 127 Yes Law on Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Kazakhstan,Code Art. on16 Marriage and Family Art.Yes 30 and 147No restrictions ; State guarantees could be of located Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities of Men and Women, art. 11(2) Yes Constitution of Kenya, Art. 15(1); KenyaYes CitizenshipConstitution and Immigration of Kenya, Act, Arts. Art. 45(3) 11Yes and 53(1)(e)No restrictions could be located No Constitution of Kiribati, Sec. 26; CitizenshipYes Act, Sec.No applicable 7 provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Act, Art. 6 Yes Civil Code, Art. 833 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Citizenship of Kosovo, Art.Yes 11 Family Law, Arts. 42(3) and 44(4)Yes No restrictions could be located No Nationality Law, Arts. 8-10 No Personal Status Law, Arts. 74-78No Personal Status Law, Art. 133 No Law on Citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic,Yes Art. 14Family Code, Arts. 31 and 35 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Lao Nationality, Art. 14 Yes Family Law (Amendment), Arts.Yes 2 and 13 No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Law, Arts. 11 and 12 Yes Civil Law, art. 95 Yes No restrictions could be located No Decree No. 15 on Lebanese NationalityYes of 1925, NoArt. applicable 5 provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Lesotho Citizenship Order No. 16 ofYes 1971, Art. 7 Children's Protection and WelfareYes Act, 2011,No Art.restrictions 212 could be located Yes Alien and Nationality Law, Art. 21 Yes Domestic Relations Law - Title 9Yes - Liberian NoCode restrictions of Laws Revised could be of located 1973, Sec 5.3 No Law Number 24 for 2010/1378 on Nothe Libyan Nationality,Law No. 10 Art. of 10 1984, Art. 17 No Law No. 52 of 1974, Art. 5 Yes Law on Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Lithuania, Art.Civil 19 Code, Arts. 3.26 and 3.27 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Loi du 8 Mars 2017 sur la NationalitéYes Luxembourgeoise,Code Civil, Art. Arts. 25 213 et 214 Yes No restrictions could be located No Ordonnance 60-064 Portant Code Yesde la NationalitéLoi MalgacheNo. 2007-022 (as amended), du 20 Août Arts. 2007Yes 22 Relative et 27No au restrictions Mariage et could aux Régimes be located Matrimoniaux, Arts. 54 et 57 No Citizenship Act, Art. 16 Yes Marriage, Divorce and Family RelationsYes Act,No 2015, restrictions Art. 50 could be located No Constitution of Malaysia, Art 15(1)No Islamic Family Law, Art. 59(1) Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of the Republic of Maldives,No Art. 9(a)(3);Family Maldivian Act, Art. Citizenship35 Act,Yes Art. 2 No restrictions could be located Yes Loi No. 211-87 portant Code des PersonnesNo et deLoi la No.Famille, 2011-087 Arts. 233,Portant 1146 Code Yesdes PersonnesNo restrictions et de la Famille, could Art.be located 319 Yes Maltese Citizenship Act, Art. 4 Yes Chapter 16, Civil Code, Title 1, Art.Yes 2 No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 403 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Loi No. 2010-023 du 2010 abrogeantNo et remplaceantLoi No. certaines 2001-052 dispositions du 19 Juillet de la2001No loi 61-112PortantLoi du Code No. 12 juin2001-052du Statut 1961 portantPersonnel,du 19 Juillet code Arts. 2001de la56 PortantNationalité and 58 Code Mauritanienne, du Statut Personnel, Arts. 16 Arts. et 18 38 et 67 Yes Mauritius Citizenship Act, Art. 7 Yes Code Civil, Art. 214 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución Política de los EstadosYes Unidos Mexicanos,Código Art.30(B);Civil para elLey Distrito de Nacionalidad, Federal,Yes Art. Art. 164No 20 restrictions could be located Yes Code of Federated States of Micronesia,Yes Title 7, Sec.No applicable 204(2) provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 17(1) Yes Family Code, Art. 16(4) Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Law of Mongolia on Citizenship, Art.Yes 9 Family Law, Arts. 10.2 and 10.3;Yes Law on PromotionNo restrictions of Gender could Equality, be located Art. 14(5) Yes Law on Montenegrin Citizenship, Art.Yes 11 Family Law, Arts. 11 and 44 Yes No restrictions could be located No Code de la Nationalité, Art. 10 Yes Code de la Famille, Art. 51 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique,Yes Art.Family 26 Law, Art. 97 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Burma Citizenship Law, Art. 45 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Namibian Citizenship Act, Art. 3; ConstitutionYes of Marriedthe Republic Persons of Namibia, Equality Art.Act, 4(3)Sec.Yes 15 No restrictions could be located No Constitution of Nepal, Art. 11(6); CitizenshipNo Act,Muluki 263, 26, Ain Art. Regarding 5(1) Husband Yesand Wife, Ch.No restrictions12, No. A could be located Yes Netherlands Nationality Act, Arts. 8Yes and 9(3) Civil Code, Book 1, Art. 84 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 8 Yes Family Proceedings Act 1980, Sec.Yes 63 No restrictions could be located Yes Ley General de Migración y Extranjería,Yes Arts. 37 yCódigo 53 de la Familia, Arts. 80 , 81Yes y 82 No restrictions could be located Yes Loi No. 214-6 du 5 Novembre 214 YesPortant ModificationCode Civil, de l'OrdonnanceArts. 203 et 214 No. 84-33Yes du 23 AoûtNo restrictions 1984 Portant could Code be delocated la Nationalité Nigérienne, Art. 13 No Constitution of the Federal RepublicYes of Nigeria, Art.No applicable26(2)(a) provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Law, Art. 9 Yes Family Law Act, Art. 33 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Norwegian Nationality Act, Sec. 12Yes Marriage Act (1991), Art. 38 Yes No restrictions could be located No Nationality Law of Oman, Art. 2 No Royal Decree 32/97 PromulgatingNo the PersonalPersonal Status Status Law, Law, Arts. Art. 44 28and 49 No Pakistan Citizenship Act, Art. 10 No Muslim Family Law Ordinance, No1961, Sec. Qanun-e-Shahadat9 Order 1984, Sec. 17(2)(a) Yes Constitution of the Republic of Palau,Yes Art. III, Sec.No 4; applicable Palau Consolidated provisions Legislation, could Yesbe located Title 13No Citizenship restrictions and could Immigration be located Yes Constitución Política de la RepúblicaYes de Panamá,Código Art. 1(2) de la Familia, Art. 79; LeyYes Núm. 30 Node restrictions5 de mayo 2015 could que be locatedmodifica y deroga disposiciones del Código de la Familia. Yes Constitution of the Independent StateYes of Papua NewMarried Guinea, Women's Arts. 67Property and 68(d) Act,Yes Art.17 No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución Política de la RepúblicaYes de Paraguay,Ley Art. No. 148 1/92 de Rerforma ParcialYes del CódigoNo Civil,restrictions Art. 8 could be located Yes Ley No. 26574 de Nacionalidad, Art.Yes 4(2) Código Civil, Arts. 290, 291 y 300Yes No restrictions could be located No Administrative Naturalization Law Yesof 2, Republic FamilyAct No. Code, 9139, Arts. Sec. 70 12 and 71 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Act on Polish Citizenship, Art. 3 Yes Family and Guardianship Code,Yes Art. 27 No restrictions could be located Yes Law No. 37/81 Portuguese NationalityYes Act, Art. 3Civil Code, Arts. 1672 and 1676Yes No restrictions could be located Yes United States Code, Title 8, Sec.143Yes Código Civil, Arts. 88 and 89 Yes No restrictions could be located No Law No. 38 of 2005 on the AcquisitionNo of Qatari Nationality,Family Law, Arts.No. 22 5 andof 2006, 8 Arts.No 57 and 61Family Law No. 22 of 2006, Art. 93 Yes Law No. 21 of March 1st 1991 on RomanianYes Citizenship,Civil Code, Art. Art. 8 325 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Federal Law on the Russian FederationYes Citizenship,Family Art. Code14 of the Russian Federation,Yes Art.No 31 restrictions could be located Yes Organic Law No. 3/28 Relating to RwandanYes Nationality,Law No. Art. 32/2016 11 Governing PersonsYes and Family,No restrictions Art. 210 could be located Yes Citizenship Act 2004, Art. 9 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Law No. 114 of 3 NovemberYes 2, as modified,Law No. Arts. 49 of2(2) 26 and April 4 1986, ReformYes of FamilyNo restrictions Law, Arts. 28could and be 31 located Yes Law No. 6/90, Art. 6 Yes Law No. 2/77, Arts. 26 and 27 Yes No restrictions could be located No Saudi Arabian Citizenship RegulationNo 1374 H, Art.Civil 14 Status System, Art. 91; ExecutiveNo StatuteExecutive of Procedures Statute onbefore the Law Sharia of ProcedureCourts, Art. before 33 Shari'a Courts, Art. 119(1) Yes Loi No. 213-5 du 8 Juillet 2013 PortantYes ModificationCode de de la la Loi Famille, No. 61-1 Art. du 375 7 MarsYes 1961 DéterminantNo restrictions la Nationalité could be Sénégalais, located Art. 1 Yes Law on Citizenship of the RepublicYes of Serbia, Art.Family 17 Law, Art. 8 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles,Yes Art. 12;Civil Citizenship Code of Seychelles Act, Art. 6(3) Act, Art.Yes 214 No restrictions could be located No Sierra Leone Citizenship Act, 1973,Yes Art. 7 No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Constitution of the Republic of Singapore,Yes Art. 123(2)Women's Charter, Secs. 46 andYes 68 No restrictions could be located Yes Act 4/1993 on Citizenship of the SlovakYes Republic,Family Art. 7(2)(a) Act No. 36/2005, Arts. 1(3)Yes and 19(1)No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act of the Republic of Slovenia,Yes Art. 12,Marriage Para. 3 and Family Relations Act,Yes Art. 56;No Family restrictions Code, Arts.could 61 be and located 82 No Citizenship Act, Art. 7 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located No Law on Somali Citizenship of 1962,Yes art. 13 Family Law, art. 28 and 31(1) Yes Somali Civil Procedure Code of 1974, art. 176-184 ; Criminal Procedure Code, art. 180 Yes South African Citizenship Act, 1995,Yes Art. 5(5) The Children's Act, 2005, Art. 18Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Nationality Act, 2011, Art. 13(1) Yes Local Government Act, 2009, Sec.Yes 109 No restrictions could be located Yes Código Civil, Art. 22 Yes Código Civil, Art. 1362 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship Act, Art. 12 Yes S. 2 of Maintenance Act (No. 37Yes of 1999) No restriction could be located Yes The Constitution of Saint ChristopherYes and Nevis, DivorceArt. 92.1(a) Act of 2009 ; MaintenanceYes of ChildrenNo applicable Act of 2012 provisions could be located No Constitution of Saint Lucia, Art. 102(2);Yes CitizenshipCivil of Code,Saint LuciaArts. 135Act, andCh. 1.4,143 Art.Yes 6(6) No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of Saint Vincent and theYes Grenadines,Maintenance Art. 93(1)-(2) Act, Art. 3 Yes No applicable provisions could be located No Sudanese Nationality Act as amendedNo in 2011, Arts.Muslim 7 and Personal 8 Status Act of 1991,No Arts. Personal65 and 69 Status Law, Arts. 5(1) and 105 Yes Nationality and Residency AmendmentYes Act, Art. Civil1(L) andCode, (M) Arts. 156 and 159 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Act on Swedish Citizenship, Art. 12(2)Yes Marriage Code 1987:230, Ch.6,Yes Arts. 1 andNo 2 restrictions could be located Yes Loi sur la Nationalité, Art. 27 Yes Civil Code, Arts. 159(2) and 163Yes No restrictions could be located No Nationality Law, Art. 8 No Personal Status Law, Arts. 71 andNo 72 Personal Status Law, Art. 12 Yes Nationality Act, Art. 4 Yes Civil Code, Art. 1003-1 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitutional Law on Сitizenship ofYes the RepublicFamily of Tajikistan, Code, Art. Art. 32(2) 15 Yes No restrictions could be located No Citizenship Act, Art. 11 No Law of Marriage Act, Art. 63(a)Yes No restrictions could be located No Nationality Act, B.E. 258, as amended,Yes Sec. 9 Civil and Commercial Code, Sec.Yes 1461 No restrictions could be located Yes Law on Citizenship No. 9/22, Art. 11;Yes Regulation Civilon the Code, Law Arts. on the 1560, Citizenship 1563 and DecreeYes 1564 LawNo No. restrictions 1/24, Art. 9could be located No Loi Sur la Nationalité Togolaise, Arts.Yes 5 et 12 Loi No. 2014-019 Portant ModificationYes de Nola Loi restrictions No. 2012-014 could Portant be located Code des Personnes et de la Famille, Art. 100 Yes Nationality (Amendment) Act 2007,Yes Sec. 4 Divorce Act, Secs. 18 and 19; FamilyYes ProtectionNo restrictions Act, Secs. could18 and be 19 located Yes Citizenship of the Republic of TrinidadYes and TobagoMatrimonial Act, Art. 12 Proceedings and PropertyYes Act,No Chap. applicable 45:51, provisions s. 28 could be located Yes Code de la Nationalité Tunisienne,Yes Arts. 13 et 21(2)Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 23Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Turkish Citizenship Law, Art. 16 Yes Civil Code, Art. 186 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of the Republic of UgandaYes 1995, Art.No 12(2); applicable Uganda provisions Citizenship could and Yesbe Immigration locatedNo Controlrestrictions Act, couldSec.14(2)(a) be located Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 9(3) Yes Family Code of Ukraine, Arts. 54Yes and 55(4)No restrictions could be located No Law No. 17 for 1972 Concerning NationalityNo and PersonalPassports, Status Art. 3 Law, Arts. 66 andYes 74 No restrictions could be located Yes British Nationality Act, Sec. 6; Nationality,Yes ImmigrationChildren and Act Asylum 1989, SectionAct, Sec. 2(1) 2 Yes No restrictions could be located Yes United States Code, Title 8, Sec. 143Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Constitución de la República OrientalYes del Uruguay,Código Art. 75(A) Civil, Arts. 116, 121 y 129;Yes Ley No. No10.783 restrictions Capacidad could Civil be de located la Mujer, Art. 10 Yes Law on Citizenship, Art. 17 Yes No applicable provisions could Yesbe locatedNo restrictions could be located Yes Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 39No of 2013, Art.Maintenance 7 of Family Act, Art.Yes 1 No restrictions could be located Yes Constitución de la República BolivarianaYes de Venezuela,Código Art.Civil, 33(2); Art. 139 Ley de NacionalidadYes y Ciudadania,No restrictions Art. 21(2)could be located Yes Law on Vietnamese Nationality No.Yes 24/28/QH12,Law Art. on 19(2)(a) Marriage and Family No.Yes 52/2014/QH13,No restrictions Arts. 29(2) could and be 30 located No Jordanian Nationality Law No. 6 ofNo 1954, Art. 8 Personal Status Law, Art. 59 No Personal Status Law, Art. 16 No Law No. 25 of 2010 Amending LawNo No. 6 of 1990Personal Concerning Status Yemeni Law No.Nationality, 20 of 1992,No Art. Art. 2 41Evidence Law, No. 21 of 1992, Art. 45 Yes Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)Yes Act 2016, Art.No applicable 37; Citizenship provisions of Zambia could Act, Yesbe locatedArts. 17-19No restrictions could be located Yes Constitution of Zimbabwe, Art. 38Yes Maintenance Act, Art. 6 Yes No restrictions could be located If customary law is a valid source of law under the constitution, is it considered invalid if it violates Is customary law a constitutional valid source of law provisions on under the nondiscrimination or constitution? Legal Bases equality? Legal Bases No Constitution of Afghanistan N/A No Constitution of Albania N/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution de la République AlgérienneN/A DémocratiqueConstitution et Populaire de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire Yes Constitution of the Republic of Angola,Yes Arts. 7 andConstitution 223 of the Republic of Angola, Arts. 7 and 223 No Antigua and Barbuda ConstitutionN/A Order 1981 No applicable provisions could be located No Constitución de la Nación ArgentinaN/A Constitución de la Nación Argentina No Constitution of the Republic of ArmeniaN/A No Commonwealth of Australia ConstitutionN/A Act No applicable provisions could be located No Austrian Federal Constitutional LawsN/A No Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan,N/A Art. 148 No Constitution of the CommonwealthN/A of the BahamasNo applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Kingdom of BahrainN/A Yes Constitution of Bangladesh, Art. 152Yes Constitution of Bangladesh, Arts. 7 and 26 No The Constitution of Barbados N/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Republic of BelarusN/A No applicable provision could be located No The Belgian Constitution N/A No No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution de la République du Bénin,Yes Art. 98 Constitution de la République du Bénin, Art. 98 No Constitution of the Kingdom of BhutanN/A No Constitución Política del Estado PlurinacionalN/A de ConstituciónBolivia Política del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia No Constitution of Bosnia and HerzegovinaN/A Yes Constitution of Botswana, Art. 15 No Constitution of Botswana, Art. 15(4) No Constitution of the Federative RepublicN/A of Brazil No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of Brunei DarussalamN/A No Constitution of the Republic of BulgariaN/A Constitution of Bulgaria Yes Constitution du Burkina Faso, Art. Yes101 Constitution du Burkina Faso, Art. 101 No Constitution de la République du BurundiN/A No Constitution of the Republic of CaboN/A Verde No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Kingdom of CambodiaN/A No Constitution de la République du CamerounN/A No Constitution Act, 1982 N/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution de la République CentrafricaineN/A de 2015No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution de la République du Tchad,Yes Arts. 157-159Constitution et Titre de XIII la République du Tchad du 04 mai 2018, Art. 161 No Constitución Política de la RepúblicaN/A de Chile Constitución Política de la República de Chile No Constitution of the People's RepublicN/A of China No Constitución Política de ColombiaN/A Constitución Política de Colombia No La Constitution Comorienne N/A No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution de la République DémocratiqueYes du Congo,Constitution Arts. 153de la et République 207 Démocratique du Congo, Art. 207 No Constitution de la République du CongoN/A No Constitución Política de la RepublicaN/A de Costa Rica Yes Constitution de la République de CôteYes d'Ivoire, 2016,Constitution Arts. 101 de et la 175 République de Côte d'Ivoire, Art. 101 No Constitution of the Republic of CroatiaN/A No The Constitution of the Republic ofN/A Cyprus No Constitution of the Czech RepublicN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of Denmark N/A Yes La Constitution de la République deYes Djibouti, commeLa Constitution modifiée, Art. de la 96 République de Djibouti, comme modifiée, Art. 96 No Constitution of the CommonwealthN/A of DominicaNo applicable provisions could be located No Constitución de la República DominicanaN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitución de la República del EcuadorN/A No Constitution of the Arab Republic N/Aof Egypt, 2014 No Constitución de la República de El N/ASalvador No applicable provisions could be located No Ley Fundamental de Guinea EcuatorialN/A No applicable provisions could be located .. No constitution in force N/A No Constitution of the Republic of EstoniaN/A Yes Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland,Yes Art. 252(2)Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Arts. 2(1) and 252(3) Yes Constitution of the Federal RepublicYes of Ethiopia, ConstitutionArts. 34 and of78 the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, art. 9(1) No No applicable provisions could be N/Alocated No Constitution of Finland N/A No Constitution de la République FrançaiseN/A No Constitution de la République GabonaiseN/A Yes Constitution of The Gambia, Art. 7(e)No The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, 1997 sec. 33 No Constitution of Georgia N/A No Basic Law for the Federal RepublicN/A of Germany No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution of the Republic of Ghana,No Arts. 11(1)-(3)Constitution and 272 of the Republic of Ghana, Art. 17(4) No Constitution of Greece N/A No Constitution of Grenada 1973 N/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitución Política de la RepúblicaN/A de GuatemalaNo applicable provisions could be located No Constitution de la République de GuinéeN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-BissauN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Co-operative RepublicN/A of GuyanaNo applicable provisions could be located No Constitution de la République d'HaïtiN/A de 1987 No applicable provisions could be located No Constitución de la República de HondurasN/A No applicable provisions could be located Yes Basic Law, Art. 8 Yes Basic Law, Art. 8 No Fundamental Law of Hungary N/A No Constitution of the Republic of IcelandN/A No Constitution of India, Art. 13(3)(a)N/A Yes Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia,Yes Art. 18B(2)Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, Art. 18B(2) No Constitution of the Islamic RepublicN/A of Iran No Iraqi Constitution N/A No Constitution of Ireland N/A No Basic Law: The Judiciary N/A No Constitution of the Italian RepublicN/A No Constitution of Jamaica N/A Constitution of Jamaica No Constitution of Japan N/A No Constitution of the Hashemite KingdomN/A of Jordan No Constitution of Kazakhstan N/A Yes Constitution of Kenya, Arts. 2 and Yes45(4) Constitution of Kenya, Art. 2(4) No Constitution of Kiribati N/A No Constitution of the Republic of KoreaN/A No Constitution of the Republic of KosovoN/A No Constitution of Kuwait N/A Yes Constitution of Kyrgyz Republic, Arts.Yes 37(1) and 59Constitution of Kyrgyz Republic, Arts. 6(1) and 37(1) No Constitution of Lao PDR N/A No Constitution of the Republic of LatviaN/A No La Constitution Libanaise N/A Yes Constitution of Lesotho, Art. 18(4)(c)No Constitution of Lesotho, Art. 18(4)(c) Yes Constitution of Liberia, Art. 65 Yes Constitution of Liberia, Art. 2 No Constitutional Declaration 2011 N/A No Constitution of the Republic of LithuaniaN/A No Constitution du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgN/A No Constitution de la Quatrième RépubliqueN/A de Madagascar Yes Constitution of Malawi, Arts. 10(2)Yes and 200 Constitution of Malawi, Arts. 5 and 24(2) Yes Constitution of Malaysia, Arts. 76(2)No and 161(5) Constitution of Malaysia, Arts. 76(2) and 161(5) No Constitution of the Republic of MaldivesN/A No Constitution du Mali N/A Constitution du Mali No Constitution of Malta N/A Yes Constitution of the Republic of theYes Marshall Islands,Constitution Arts. 6(4) of and the 10 Republic of the Marshall Islands, Art. X No Constitution de la République IslamiqueN/A de MauritanieConstitution de la République Islamique de Mauritanie Yes Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius,No Art. 16(4)Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius, Art. 16(4) No Constitución Política de los EstadosN/A Unidos MexicanosNo applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution of the Federated StatesNo of Micronesia,Constitution Art. 5(1) of the Federated States of Micronesia, Art. V, Secs. 1-2; Constitution of the State of Pohnpei, Art. V, Sec. 2 No Constitution of the Republic of MoldovaN/A No Constitution of Mongolia N/A No Constitution of Montenegro N/A No Constitution du Royaume du Maroc,N/A 2011 Yes Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique,Yes Arts.Constitution 4 and 118 of the Republic of Mozambique, Art. 4 Yes Constitution of the Republic of theYes Union of Myanmar,Constitution 2008, ofArts. the 446 Republic and 447 of the Union of Myanmar, 2008, Arts. 446 and 447 Yes Constitution of the Republic of Namibia,Yes Arts. 4(3)Constitution and 66 of the Republic of Namibia, Art. 66(1) No Constitution of Nepal N/A Constitution of Nepal No Constitution of the Kingdom of theN/A Netherlands No Constitution Act of New Zealand 1986N/A No Constitución Política de la RepúblicaN/A de NicaraguaNo applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution de la VIIème République,Yes Arts. 99 etConstitution 167 de la VIIème République, Arts. 99 et 167 Yes Constitution of the Federal RepublicYes of Nigeria, Arts.Constitution 265 and of280 the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Arts. 1(3) and 42 No Constitution of the Republic of MacedoniaN/A No Constitution of Norway N/A No Basic Statute of the State of OmanN/A Yes Constitution of the Islamic RepublicYes of Pakistan, ConstitutionArt. 8 of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, art. 8 Yes Constitution of the Republic of Palau,No Art. 5 Constitution of the Republic of Palau, Art. V, Sec. 2 No Constitución Política de la RepúblicaN/A de Panamá No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution of the Independent StateYes of Papua NewConstitution Guinea, ofArts. the 9, Independent 60 and 172, Stateand Schedule of Papua 2.1.1 New Guinea, Schedule 2.1.1.(2) No Constitución Política de la RepúblicaN/A de Paraguay No Constitución Política del Perú N/A Constitución Política del Perú No The 1987 Constitution of the RepublicN/A of the Philippines No Constitution of the Republic of PolandN/A No Constitution of the Portuguese RepublicN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitución del Estado Libre AsociadoN/A de PuertoNo Rico applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of Qatar N/A No Constitution of Romania N/A No Constitution of the Russian FederationN/A Yes Constitution of the Republic of RwandaYes of 2003 RevisedConstitution in 2015, of the Art. Republic 176 of Rwanda of 2003 Revised in 2015, Art. 176 Yes Constitution of the Independent StateYes of Samoa,Constitution Art. 111 of the Independent State of Samoa, Art. 111 Yes Declaration of Citizen Rights and theYes FundamentalDeclaration Principles ofof Citizenthe Juridical Rights Order and the of SanFundamental Marino, Art. Principles 3bis of the Juridical Order of San Marino, Art. 3bis No Constitution of the Democratic RepublicN/A of Sao TomeNo applicable and Principe provisions could be located No Basic Law of Governance of Saudi N/AArabia No Constitution de la République du SénégalN/A No Constitution of the Republic of SerbiaN/A No Constitution of the Republic of SeychellesN/A Yes Constitution of Sierra Leone, Art. 170(1)No and (2) Constitution of Sierra Leone, Art. 27(4) No Constitution of the Republic of SingaporeN/A No Constitution of the Slovak RepublicN/A No Constitution of the Republic of SloveniaN/A Yes The Constitution of Solomon Islands,No Art. 15(5)(d)The Constitution of Solomon Islands, Art. 15(5)(d) Yes Provisional Constitution, art. 3 No Provisional Constitution, art. 3 and 4(1) Yes Constitution of the Republic of SouthYes Africa, Art.Constitution 39 of the Republic of South Africa, Arts. 2 and 39(3) Yes Transitional Constitution of the RepublicYes of SouthTransitional Sudan, 2011, Constitution Art. 5 of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011, Arts. 5 and 14 No Constitución Española N/A No applicable provisions could be located Yes Constitution of the Democratic SocialistNo RepublicConstitution of Sri Lanka, of Art. Democratic 16 Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Art. 16 No The Constitution of Saint ChristopherN/A and Nevis The Constitution of Saint Christopher and Nevis No Constitution of Saint Lucia N/A Constitution of Saint Lucia No Constitution of Saint Vincent and theN/A GrenadinesConstitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No Interim National Constitution of theN/A Republic of the Sudan, 2005 No Constitution of the Republic of SurinameN/A No applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of Sweden N/A No Federal Constitution of the Swiss ConfederationN/A No Constitution of the Syrian Arab RepublicN/A 2012 No Constitution of the Republic of ChinaN/A (Taiwan) No Constitution of Tajikistan N/A No Constitution of the United RepublicN/A of Tanzania No Constitution of the Kingdom of ThailandN/A 2017 Yes Constitution of the Democratic RepublicYes of Timor-Leste,Constitution Art. 2of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Art. 2 Yes Constitution de la IVe République, YesArt. 84 Constitution de la IVe République, Art. 84 No Constitution of Tonga N/A No Constitution of the Republic of TrinidadN/A and TobagoConstitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago No Constitution de la République TunisienneN/A No Constitution of the Republic of TurkeyN/A Yes Constitution of the Republic of UgandaYes 1995, Art.Constitution 2 of the Republic of Uganda 1995, Arts. 2 and 33(6) No Constitution of Ukraine N/A No Constitution of the United Arab EmiratesN/A .. No Constitution N/A No United States Constitution N/A No Constitución de la República OrientalN/A del Uruguay No Constitution of Uzbekistan N/A Yes Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu,No Art. 95(3)Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu, Art. 95 No Constitución de la República BolivarianaN/A de VenezuelaNo applicable provisions could be located No Constitution of the Socialist RepublicN/A of Vietnam, 2013 No Basic Law N/A No Constitution of the Republic of Yemen,N/A 2001 Yes Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)No Act 2016, Art.Constitution 1 of Zambia (Amendment) Act 2016, Art. 1; Constitution of Zambia, as amended, Art. 23(4) Yes Constitution of Zimbabwe, Arts. 162Yes and 280 Constitution of Zimbabwe, Art. 2(1)

Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, Art. V, Secs. 1-2; Constitution of the State of Pohnpei, Art. V, Sec. 2

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YEM Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income 2017 Zambia ZMB Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Are there penalties for What is the legal Are there any Is marriage under the authorizing or entering Is there legislation that age of marriage exceptions to the legal legal age void or into child or early specifically addresses for girls? age of marriage? explicitly prohibited? marriage? sexual harassment? 16 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 19 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No No 18 Yes Yes No No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes No No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 20 Yes Yes No Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 21 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 20 No Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes .. Yes No Yes Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No No 18 No Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No Yes No Yes .. Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 No Yes No Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 23 Yes Yes Yes No 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 21 Yes No Yes No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes No Yes Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 18 No Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes No Yes No 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes No .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 20 Yes Yes No No .. Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No No 18 No Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 19 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes ...... No 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No No No Yes .. Yes Yes Yes Yes .. Yes Yes Yes Yes 16 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No Yes No No .. Yes No No No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No No No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 20 Yes No Yes Yes 21 Yes No Yes Yes 20 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes .. Yes No No Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 25 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes .. Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No No 21 No Yes Yes Yes 19 Yes No Yes No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes .. .. No No No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes No 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 No No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 No Yes No Yes 18 No Yes No Yes .. Yes No No Yes 20 Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes No 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 20 Yes Yes No Yes 17 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes No No No 18 Yes No No No 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes No No Yes 21 Yes No Yes Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes .. Yes No No Yes 18 Yes Yes No Yes 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 Yes No Yes Yes 17 Yes Yes Yes No 21 Yes No Yes No 18 Yes No Yes Yes 18 No Yes Yes Yes .. Yes Yes No Yes .. Yes No No Yes 21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Can a married woman Can an unmarried Does the legislation Is there a specialized Can a woman obtain a legally confer woman legally confer establish clear criminal court or procedure for national identity card citizenship to her citizenship to her penalties for domestic cases of domestic in the same way as a children in the same children in the same violence? violence? married man? way as a married man? way as a married man? No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No N/A Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes If customary law is a valid source of law Does a woman’s under the constitution, Can a married woman testimony carry is it considered invalid legally confer her Do married couples the same if it violates citizenship to a non- jointly share legal evidentiary Is customary law a constitutional national spouse in the responsibility for weight in court valid source of law provisions on same way as a married financially maintaining as a man's in all under the nondiscrimination or man? the family’s expenses? types of cases? constitution? equality? Yes No Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No Yes Yes No N/A No No No No N/A No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No N/A No No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No No Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No No Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes .. .. 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