52. Children go to primary school at age six. Primary school is universal and obligatory and
the obligation ends when the child has reached the ageof 16.
Minimum age of employment
185. Children of compulsory school age are
expressly forbidden from working by the Constitution. From the age of
14, minors may enter into an
employment contract, but any contract they sign can
be invalidated at the request of their parents or legal representatives
if the latter did not give their consent.
Minimum age for marriage
56. In general, minors may not marry.
However, the law allows them to do so in exceptional circumstances. The
courts authorize a minor under age 16 to marry, based on a
substantiated request by him or his legal representative. The marriage
of a minor under age 18 is
invalid.
Minimum age for criminal responsibility
59. Criminal responsibility on
the grounds of age begins at age
16.
