Some may say the age of consent in Bangladesh is 14 according to the Penal Code Section 375, 1860. Bangladesh Īccording to the section 9 (1) of the Women and Child Abuse Prevention Act, 2003, it is defined as rape to have sexual intercourse with a woman with or without her consent, when she is under sixteen (16) years of age. No penalty shall be inflicted against a person who has committed one of the crimes set forth in the preceding Articles if he was subject to a final court judgement before concluding the marriage, such judgement shall be subject to a stay of execution and its penal effects shall cease. There is a prison sentence (maximum 10 years) for male victims under 16 (article 346) while article 347 gives an unspecified prison sentence with consenting male victims under 21. The law presumes non-consent of male victims less than 14 too. According to article 349 of the updated penal code, the death penalty for the rapist is eligible only if the rape causes death for the sexually assaulted female. Non-consent is assumed for unmarried women under 14. Since 1986, the penalty is either life imprisonment or possibly the death penalty for victims under 16. The minimum age to marry without permission from the girl's father or legal guardian is 21 years. Before this age, marriage requires authorization from the Shariah Court of the State of Bahrain. The marriage of course should be recognized by the government for the mentioned options to be provided. However, the mentioned options would not be available after three months are passed from when the person learned about the adultery. They are also given the liberty to drop off the charge after filing it if they wanted to. If a married individual has sex with somebody they are not married to, the person they are married to is given the liberty, by the criminal procedure code, to file for an 'adultery' charge if they wanted to. Bahrain Ĭonsensual sex outside of marriage is legally permissible for those aged 21 and above, regardless of gender and/or sexual orientation. According to the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, marriage is allowed at puberty. Sexual activity outside marriage is illegal in Afghanistan. Table Ages of consent by country, sex, sex difference, age difference and authority between partners Unrestricted: age from which one is deemed able to consent to having sex with anyone else or marriageable age if they must be married.Restricted by authority: younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as the latter is not in a position of trust or authority, or is not recognised to be abusing the inexperience of the younger one.Restricted by age difference: younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as their age difference does not exceed a specified amount.All jurisdictions in Asia per List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia:
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