[New post] Taiwan Decriminalized Adultery, But Does the Public Support The Change?

Adrian Chiu posted: " Written by Madelynn Einhorn, Josie Coyle, and Timothy S. Rich. Image credit: Interior in Constitutional Court, Judicial Yuan by Jiang/ Wikimedia Commons, license: CC BY-SA 3.0. In June 2021, the Taiwanese legislature removed a nearly 90-year law cr" Taiwan Insight Taiwan Decriminalized Adultery, But Does the Public Support The Change? Adrian Chiu Jul 13 Written by Madelynn Einhorn, Josie Coyle, and Timothy S. Rich. In June 2021, the Taiwanese legislature removed a nearly 90-year law criminalizing adultery, punishable with up to 12-months in prison and fines averaging 90,000 NTD (roughly USD 3000). In May 2020, the Constitutional Court overruled Article 239 of Taiwan's criminal code, which criminalized adultery, because it violated the Constitution. The legislature removed the article from the legal code approximately a year later. South Korea removed a similar law in 2015 and India in 2018. Taiwan was one of the last liberal democracies to keep adultery illegal and the last East Asian country aside from the Philippines. Read more of this post Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Taiwan Insight. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://taiwaninsight.org/2022/07/13/taiwan-decriminalized-adultery-but-does-the-public-support-the-change/ Powered by WordPress.com