IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 16.The Applicants pray the court to order the Respondent state to : ' i. Amend its Persons and Family Code by bringing back the minimum age of marriage for girls to 18; il Eliminate the provisions of the Famiry code which allow for age exemptions; lntroduce a sensitisation programme for the population on the dangers of early marriage; Amend Articles 283 to 287 of the Famity Gode to establish similar conditions of consent for marriages contracted before a religious minister; V Amend Article 287 to impose the same sanctions on a religious ministerwho contracts a marriage without having ascertained the consent of the parties; VI Add to section ll titled : "celebration before a religious minister,,a provision requiring the latter to ascertain the consent of the parties; vii. lnsert in the Family Code a provision requiring an officially recorded power of Attorney from the man and the woman where they are not present forthe religious marriage; viii Translate and disseminate the Family code in the languages accessible to religious ministers; tx. lntroduce a training programme for religious ministers on the procedure for contracting a marriage; x. lntroduce a sensitisation and educational programme for the population on the use of the provisions of the Family Gode to ensure equal share of inheritance between the man and the woman; xt Develop a strategy to eradicate unequal share of inheritance between the man and the woman ; 4 J ,)-5 9 v'