Adultery is still regarded as a crime in
most countries. Therefore, if you have an affair, you not only betray your
spouse and hurt your family but also offend against the law, which means that
you will receive punishments.
Here are some laws from different
countries. In Article 239 of the Criminal Code in Republic of China, “people
who have been married have sexual intercourse with third person shall be condemned to fixed-term
imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and the third person has the same
punishment.” In others East Asian countries like North Korea, South Korea and
Japan, adultery has been a crime for many years. And in Philippines, adultery
is a crime for sure in the general penal laws, moreover, even a man cohabits
with a woman who is not his wife is also regarded as a crime in their Revised
Penal Code. According to the Indian law, “a man will be sentenced for up to
five years if he has sex with a woman without her husband’s approval (Adultery.
Wikipedia
Although there are some of the
social organizations promote that this law should be abolished like in Europe
or some of the states in United State, an opinion poll conducted by Ministry of Justice still shows that “there are 82% people
oppose this idea, also, there are 86% people think that it’s reasonable that
the cheated person need to be punished by the Criminal Code. Even if the
revised Civil Law will compensate the abandoned partners, 77% people still left
to stand for the opposition.” We can see that people considered this law
as a protection for the abandoned people and also a preservation of family and
marriage. At least, it’s a moral support from government and a method for the
abandoned partner to fight back and gain compensation.
The
reason why the crime of adultery should not be abolished is that it may cause
promiscuity. The situation of having an affair is common in Taiwan now even if
this law exists. Can you imagine how serious this problem will be if it was
abolished? It’s just like if the fine for exceeding the speed limit rescind,
the car accidents caused by driving above the speed limit will increase.
If adultery is accepted, why
there are still many countries have punishments for this behavior? Therefore,
extramarital affair is unacceptable and the law is a safeguard to protect the
right of the abandoned partner.
Source:
1. Ministry
of justice (June, 2013) According to the results of opinion poll, most of the
people reserve their comments about abolishing the crime of adultery.
Retrieved from:
2. Adultery.Wikipedia
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery
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