How will a relationship with a married person be handled by the law?

On the evening of March 20, the social network stirred with the image of a young female singer hugging and suspected of having an affair with a giant over ten years old. The man then confirmed they were just cousins, and the female singer locked her fanpage.

Following the incident, many people questioned if the information that the female singer was dating the giants was true, how could she be handled? On the contrary, if the above information is fabricated, will the person posting the news be handled?

Lawyer Hoang Trong Giap (Director of Hoang Sa Law Firm) said that in the case of two people having a real relationship, it is not easy to handle them.

Lawyer Hoang Trong Giap

Citing Article 48, Decree 67/2015/ND-CP of the Government, the lawyer said that the person is married or has a husband but lives as husband and wife with another person; If you are married or married but marry another person, unmarried or unmarried and marry someone you know is married or are married, you will be fined 1-3 million dong.

Where the behavior falls under circumstances such as causing the marriage relationship of one or both parties to lead to divorce; has been administratively sanctioned for this act but still commits it; causing the wife, husband or child of either party to commit suicide, or there has been a court decision to annul the marriage or force the termination of the cohabitation as husband and wife contrary to the monogamy, but still If the violator maintains a relationship, the violator will be criminally handled for the crime of violating the monogamous regime under Article 182 of the Penal Code 2015.

Depending on the framing circumstances, the convicted person will receive a minimum sentence of up to one year of non-custodial reform and a prison term of up to three years at the most.

“In this case, if it is determined that they only embrace and kiss, have a romantic relationship, not live together as husband and wife, or just go back and forth but not live together, it is difficult to have grounds to sanction or criminally handle these people. “, said the director of Hoang Sa Law Firm.

In case the information posted on social networks is untrue, Mr. Giap assessed this as a violation of the law, affecting social security as well as the reputation and honor of individuals. Violators may be administratively sanctioned for posting untruthful information on social networks, even prosecuted for penal liability for slander or illegally giving or using computer network information. , telecommunications network.

From an administrative perspective, Article 101 of Decree 15/2020/ND-CP of the Government stipulates acts of providing and sharing fake and untrue information, distorting, slandering, and offending the reputation of agencies. Officials, organizations, honor and dignity of individuals will be fined 10-20 million VND.

If this act is proven to gain illicit profits of 50 million VND or more, cause bad publicity or cause damage of 100 million VND or more, the violator may be criminally prosecuted for the crime of giving or using illegally providing information on computer networks and telecommunications networks under Article 288 of the Penal Code 2015.

Following the incident, lawyer Quach Thanh Luc (Director of Law Firm) said that the act of posting false information in this case (if any) would be a sign of slander under Article 156. Criminal Code 2015.

Lawyer Quach Thanh Luc

“The act of fabricating or spreading things that are known to be untrue in order to seriously offend the dignity and honor or damage the legitimate rights and interests of others will be handled for this crime. In this case, if the authorities verify and determine that the person performing the act knows that the affair is not real, but still intentionally publishes false information, affecting personal honor, they may be criminally handled”, lawyer Luc analyzed.

With circumstances framing the use of computer networks or telecommunications networks or electronic means to commit crimes, violators can face a maximum sentence of 3 years in prison.

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