Sri Lanka To Raise Age Of Persons Considered Children
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 28, 2022 | 04:40 PM
COLOMBO, Sept. 28 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Sep, 2022 ) :Sri Lanka's Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to ensure gender equality has decided to propose amendments to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance to raise the age of a person acknowledged as a child from 16 to 18 years.
Sri Lanka has been considering increasing the age of a person considered as a child to reduce the exploitation of children.
This proposal is the result of a discussion spanning several years, the PSC said in a statement.
This will also prevent children from engaging in certain categories of work until they are 18 years of age
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