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MMR-2015-L-103620
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Title_of_text
Buddhist Women Special Marriage Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 50/2015).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Myanmar
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Civil, commercial and family law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-08-26
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides that before all marriages between Buddhist women and non-Buddhist men, the couple must submit an application. The registrar is to publicly display the application for 14 days, following which time, if there are no objections, the marriage may be solemnized. The husband must respect his wife’s practice of Buddhism, make no attempts to convert her, allow their children to freely practice their religion and refrain from insulting Buddhism. If he violates any of these mandates, the Buddhist woman may divorce her husband, and the husband will be forced to relinquish his share of jointly owned property and lose guardianship of their children.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2015-08-31 (MMR-2015-L-103619)
Law on the Practice of Monogamy (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 54/2015).
Related text(s)
2015-08-26 (MMR-2015-L-112532)
Religious Conversions Law (Law No. 48/2015).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
House of Representatives - Pyithu Hluttaw
Country
Myanmar
URL
http://laws.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm/
File
MMR103620 Bur.pdf (PDF of Law in Burmese)