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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Udperi" data-source="post: 21733835" data-attributes="member: 240400">18 is the age for legal marriageconsent for sex can be given after age of 16"According to Section 363 (e) of the Penal Code as amended by Act, No. 22 of 1995, in cases where the girl is below the age of 16, sexual intercourse with consent also constitutes rape. Proof of the act of intercourse is sufficient to prove rape.In the case of Muslims, the law on statutory rape is not applicable to a person legally married under the age of 16 years who engages in sexual intercourse with her husband. Since the legal age of marriage is now 18 years for all Sri Lankans except Muslims, this exception is only applicable to Muslims."</blockquote>

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