unmarried cohabitation has the potential to violate the Penal Code,
Will be sentenced to prison.
When we say "cohabitation", we refer to the continuous and stable living together and having sexual relations between both men and women. The following types of cohabitation are punishable by imprisonment.
(1) Sexual relations with a minor girl under the age of 14, whether or not voluntarily, commit rape under the penal code and may be punished with the death penalty up to a maximum of one.
2. A person with a spouse cohabitates with another person in the name of husband and wife
Article 258 of the Criminal Law of the Mainland stipulates: "Whoever has a spouse and is bigamous, or who knowingly resides with another person in the name of husband and wife, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention." ”
3. Cohabitation with a military married person
The first paragraph of article 259 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates: "Whoever knowingly resides with or marries the spouse of an active military member shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention." ”
It is illegal for a person to live with a third person, whether it is a military member or a spouse, in which case even the illegal cohabitant is sentenced to prison without having to live as a husband and wife.
Whoever, by taking advantage of his or her powers or subordinate relationship, rapes the wife of a serviceman on active duty by means of coercion shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 236 of this Law. That is to say, at this time, the illegal cohabitant commits the crime of sabotaging military marriage and can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years or criminal detention.
The reason why the mainland has enacted legislation to protect military marriages is that it is more difficult to maintain military marriages, that military personnel are dedicated to the interests of the country, and that it is all the more necessary to stabilize the families of military personnel and eliminate the worries of military personnel. These protective provisions are necessary.
