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What is the age for late marriage as stipulated in the Civil Code of 2022？
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1126
Abstract: According to the Civil Code of our country, the age of marriage for men shall not be earlier than 22 years old and for women shall not be earlier than 20 years old.
The legal provisions on the legal age for marriage
The Civil Code does not stipulate the age for late marriage. The family planning policy encourages late marriage. Men who have reached the age of 25 and women who have reached the age of 23 for their first marriage are considered late marriage. The age for late marriage is different from the legal age for marriage. It is not mandatory but merely an encouraging and advocated age for family planning.
The legal age for marriage in Hong Kong, China is 16 years old. The legal age for marriage in Taiwan is 20 years old. With the consent of parents, boys should be 18 years old and girls 16 years old.
Article 1047 of the Civil Code stipulates that the age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women. Among them, considering the multi-ethnic characteristics of our country, in order to respect the customs and habits of ethnic minorities, ethnic autonomous regions may, based on the actual conditions of their own ethnic groups, make flexible provisions on the legal age of marriage. For instance, in autonomous regions and some autonomous prefectures and counties, the minimum age for marriage is set at 20 years old for men and 18 years old for women. However, these flexible regulations only apply to ethnic minorities and do not apply to the Han people living in the region.
Article 1047 of the Civil Code stipulates that? The minimum age for marriage is 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women.
Article 1051, Paragraph 3 of the Civil Code stipulates that a marriage shall be invalid under any of the following circumstances:
(3) Not having reached the legal age for marriage.
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