Adulterers Should Face Criminal Penalty: SurveyMore than half of the respondents in Guangdong Province of a survey said adulterers should face criminal charges, the All-China Women's Federation said Thursday.The survey, conducted by the women's federation for the revision of China's Marriage Law, covered 10 provinces and autonomous regions. But at present, only Guangdong Province in South China has worked out survey results. According to Guangdong's results, more than 30 percent of those questioned said the new Marriage Law should forbid "keeping concubines," and a quarter of those surveyed said that an addition should be made to punish both the adulterer and the "third party" involved in extramarital affairs. Out of all people surveyed in the coastal province neighboring Hong Kong and Macao, 54.8 percent advocate "criminal penalties" for adulterers charged with extramarital affairs or keeping concubines. And 50 percent said that adultery is a legitimate reason for divorce. Some 94.5 percent said a parent should has the right to visit his or her children after divorce, an issue which is not addressed in the existing 1980 Marriage Law. |
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