Married people are prohibited from cohabiting with anyone other than their spouses, according to the contentious draft amendment to the existing Marriage Law which is likely to be voted on by national legislators on Saturday.
It is one of the 12 major changes in the latest version of the legislation. Other changes touched upon domestic violence, marriage registration, announcement and property division in uncertified marriages, conditions for divorce and family property division upon divorce.
The draft amendments to the Marriage Law, together with another eight draft legislations, were presented to the national legislators yesterday when the 21st session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress (NPC) opened.
The draft, which has already been through two rounds of deliberations and the subject of public-opinion review, is likely to be voted on at the end of the session.
(China Daily 04/25/2001)
