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In Hong Kong the age of consent for sexual activity is 16 ... India's age of consent for sex is set at 18 ... The minimum legal age of marriage is 18 for males, and ...
Hong Kong: 21: 16 – [163] India: 21 18 ... The Legal Age for Marriage in India is being proposed to be amended, thereby increasing the marriage age for girls in ...
Currency of information varies by country. Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages, [1] the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry; for most reporting sources, however ...
Legal: Unrecognized: Illegal Hong Kong: Performed: ... in lieu of marital rape law in India. ... the minimum legal age for marriage is 18, but individuals who are 16 ...
3 Hong Kong. 4 India. 5 New Zealand. 6 ... The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1929 was the collective title of the Marriage Acts 1811 to 1898 and the Age of Marriage ...
India: Asia No — — 18 [131] [132] ... Hong Kong: Asia No ... Legal drinking age; Age of majority; Age of reason (canon law) Age of criminal responsibility;
The Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages is a treaty agreed upon in the United Nations on the standards of marriage. The treaty was drafted by the Commission on the Status of Women and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 1763 A (XVII) on 7 November 1962.
In the past, the age of marriage was young, often childhood or early teenage. [14] The average age of marriage for women in India has been increased to 21 years, according to the 2011 Census of India. [15] In 2009, about 7% of women got married before the age of 18. [16] Arranged marriages have long been the norm in Indian society.