Current Version
| Region | Malawi |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Apr 17, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The 2015 Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, best known for criminalising same-sex marriage, also makes it impossible for trans people to marry under their gender identity by criminalising marriage "under a false name or description with the intention to deceive the other party to the marriage". While also used to prevent legitimately deceitful marriages, the definition in the act of a person's sex as being that assigned at birth effectively criminalises the ability of trans people to get married under their true identity with imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023628/https://malawilii.org/mw/legislation/act/2015/4 |
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| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Apr 17, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The 2015 Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, best known for criminalising same-sex marriage, also makes it impossible for trans people to marry under their gender identity by criminalising marriage "under a false name or description with the intention to deceive the other party to the marriage". While also used to prevent legitimately deceitful marriages, the definition in the act of a person's sex as being that assigned at birth effectively criminalises the ability of trans people to get married under their true identity with imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023628/https://malawilii.org/mw/legislation/act/2015/4 |