age of consent
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The 2023 reforms to Japan's sex crime laws also expanded the definition of rape and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
He urges Sir Keir to "rather urgently" consider a smartphone ban in schools and a "digital age of consent", similar to Australia, which has passed a law banning children under 16 from using social media.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
New York judge William Thompson Howell wrote 500 pages that spanned provisions on dueling, accidental homicides by ax and age of consent that would govern the newly formed territory of fewer than 7,000 people.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
Washington’s age of consent for gender-affirming surgery without approval from a parent or guardian is 18.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
To be able to contract marriage, a person must be of sound mind, of legal age of consent, and labouring under neither of the following disabilities: 1.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
