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AN ACT TO AMEND THE MARRIAGE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: –
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[18th October
, 1995 ]
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Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Marriage Registration (Amendment) Act, No. 18 of 1995.
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Replacement of section 15 of Chapter 112
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2. Section 15 of the Marriage Registration Ordinance is hereby repealed, and the following section substituted therefor:-
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“Prohibited age of marriage.
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15. No marriage contracted after the coming into force of this section shall be valid unless both parties to the marriage have completed eighteen years of age.”.
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of Inconsistency.
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3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and “Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall
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