Article 25 of the Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women states that if a person marries with or gives in marriage a woman under the practice of Baad, marrying a woman to someone as blood money or for the purpose of bringing peace and reconciliation among the families regarding murder, sexual assault or other circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to a long term imprisonment, not exceeding 10 years. Considering the circumstances, the people involved (the witnesses, proxy, the person who weds the couple, and conciliator) each shall be sentenced to a medium imprisonment, and based on the request of the victim and in accordance with the provisions of the law, the marriage contract shall be revoked.

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