Is Living Together with Someone Else Without Marriage Subject to Imprisonment?
Will living with another person without getting married result in imprisonment?
Based on Clause 1, Article 182 of the Penal Code 2015 which stipulates the crime of violating a one-wife, one-husband policy as follows:
- Anyone who is married but marries or lives as husband and wife with another person or anyone who is unmarried but marries or lives as husband and wife with someone whom they know to be married, in the following cases, shall be subject to a warning, non-custodial reform for up to 1 year, or imprisonment from 3 months to 1 year:
a) Causing the marital relationship of either party to lead to a divorce;
b) Having been administratively sanctioned for this act but continuing to commit the violation.
Therefore, if a husband who is currently separated from his wife but both are still officially married, engages in living with another person as husband and wife, depending on the severity, he shall be subjected to a warning, non-custodial reform for up to 1 year, or imprisonment from 3 months to 1 year.
What is the maximum sentence for living with another person as husband and wife without getting married?
Based on Clause 2, Article 182 of the above code stipulates as follows:
- Committing the crime in one of the following cases shall be subject to imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years:
a) Causing the spouse or child of either party to commit suicide;
b) There has been a court decision to annul the marriage or to force the termination of the cohabitation contrary to the one-wife, one-husband policy, but the relationship is still maintained.
Thus, this act faces the maximum sentence of 3 years imprisonment according to the provisions of criminal law regarding the violation of the one-wife, one-husband policy.
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