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Cabinet members hotly discuss merits of anti-adultery legislationThe China Post news staff March 15, 2013, 12:06 am TWN    Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai said that she used to feel awkward when speaking with foreigners about the existence of a law making adultery a crime in Taiwan, as well as the crime of “civil disturbance” established in the Publication Law and the Criminal Code. Lung made the remarks at the Cabinet meeting after hearing a report made by the Ministry of Justice on the government's efforts to promote human rights. According to Article 239 of the Criminal Code, a married person who commits adultery shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, with the other party subject to the same punishment. At the moment, there are only a few countries that still hold adultery punishable, according to Lung. Speaking after the culture minister, Deputy Tainan Mayor Yen Chun-cho said that for a married couple, whether each partner's body “belongs” to himself or herself, or to their other half, is a matter that deserves serious discussion. “In the case of one half of a married couple being unwilling to have sex, the other half might be forced to seek sex with a third party, but would face the crime of adultery as a result. This seems a contradiction,” Yen said. Meanwhile, Luo Ying-hsueh, a minister without portfolio, said that although there is no adultery crime in many advanced countries, quite a few women's groups in Taiwan still insist on the need for the existence of the crime. Accordingly, she said, more efforts are needed to forge consensus on this regard through intensive communications with the groups, if the adultery crime is to be dropped.
1 Comment March 15, 2013 Upwell@ Reply It's accepted from ancient time that even the best judge or court of law will not be able to resolve family or relationship issues. Adultery happens all the time and it has to do with the family and personal relationship issues. Simply putting those caught in jail or mostly with monetary penalties will not deter. Indeed when the adults bring these up in courts of law, much as these adults are embarrassed, the wider family suffers. Children of these adults will live forever with the stigma that their parents are caught up in these. News media love such stories. At the end of the day, nobody benefited. Punishing the adult in public for adultery will never ever bring him or her back to the innocent spouse. Indeed, such proceedings in public create even more bitterness. If indeed there is clearly nothing to gain why keep the law against it. In saying that I do not condone adultery. It's just one of those wickedness that will remain with the human race till the world comes to an end. If ever there is a law made by mankind that can deter an evil, anti-adultery law is not one. |
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