this provision is in tandem with article of the universal declaration of human rights which strictly states that marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses the organic law instituting the penal code olpc in article prohibits forcing a person to marry or not to marry a person of his or her choice article prohibits kidnapping or confinement of a person with intent to live together as husband and wife article prohibits living with or attempts to live together with a child as husband and wife and a person who commits this offence is liable to life imprisonment this article also makes it an offence to live with or attempt to live with a person as husband or wife who has attained eighteen years of age but is below twenty years of age