Page 25 LEBANON (CONTINUED) Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 Note: Article 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lebanon: All Lebanese are equal before the law. They equally enjoy civil and political rights and equally are bound by public obligations and duties without any distinction. MALAYSIA Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984: 14. (1) No woman shall, during the subsistence of her marriage to a man, be married to any other man. 23. (1) No man, during the subsistence of a marriage, shall, except with the prior permission in writing of the Court, contract another marriage with another woman nor shall such marriage contracted without such permission be registered under this Act: Provided that the Court may if it is shown that such marriage is valid according to Hukum Syarak order it to be registered subject to section 123. Take Action – Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Main Block, Perdana Putra Building, Federal Government Administrative Centre 62502 Putrajaya MALAYSIA Email: mygovernment@malaysia.gov.my Twitter: @chedetofficial Facebook: facebook.com/ TunDrMahathir/ Note: Article 8 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia: (1) All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law. (5) This Article does not invalidate or prohibit— (a) any provision regulating personal law; (b) any provision or practice restricting office or employment connected with the affairs of any religion, or of an institution managed by a group professing any religion, to persons professing that religion. MALI Law No. 2011 – 087 of December 30, 2011 Relating to the Code of Persons and Family: Article 307. Marriage may be contracted: - Either under monogamy, in which case a husband cannot contract a second marriage before the dissolution of the first. However, a man who has opted for a monogamous marriage shall have the right to revise his option with the express consent of his wife. - Or under polygamy, in which case it is necessary that the wife consents and a man shall not be married simultaneously to more than four wives. Article 316. Within the respective rights and duties of spouses as enshrined in the Code, the wife must obey her husband, and the husband must protect his wife. Take Action – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Présidence BP 1463, Koulouba Bamako MALI Email: presidence@koulouba.ml; infomali@agetic.gouv.ml malionu@aol.com (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @IBK_PRMALI; @PresidenceMali Facebook: facebook.com/Presidence.Mali/ Article 319. The husband is the head of the household . . . The choice of the family residence belongs to the husband. The wife is obliged to live with him and he shall accommodate her . ..