It also forbids the courts from accepting a disputed marriage or recognising a marriage unless it is confirmed by an official document and if both people are of legal age (see above). As customary marriage is still valid in Egypt, even without a ma ’zoun, the scope of these measures is limited. The same system has been adopted by Kuwait, where the man has to be 17 and the woman 15 (Articles 24, 26 and 92).