Punishment for rape and illegal sexual possession of unconditional sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16-Chosun.com

Check-in 2020.05.12 14:29
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The age limit for rape of minors is increased from 13 to 16 existing. Rape of the agenda means punishing sexual acts with minors of a certain age equal to rape. Also, punishment is possible even if you only have videos of sexual exploitation. On October 12, the Ministry of Justice announced that the National Assembly was proposing drafts of amendments to the Criminal Law and the Special Law on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes and the Regulation on Concealment and Punishment of Income from Crime. The revised law will take effect immediately after next week’s enactment, with the exception of some provisions to abolish the statute of limitations.

According to the amendment, the standard age violation for minors, which can be punished without the consent of the other party, increases from 13 to 16 existing. However, minors under the age of 13 and minors under the age of 16 are punished only if an adult (aged 19 or over) commits a crime. Consequently, it is expected that cases where adults will not be punished for having consent will disappear, even after having sexual relations with children and adolescents under the age of 16.

The punishment of a minor under the age of 13 is only punished by Jing Young-hyuk, not a fine. Previously, it was possible to imprison for more than 5 years, or receive a fine of 30 million won to 50 million won, but the amendment removed the fine. The statute of rape and sexual abuse of minors under the age of 13 was also abolished.

Measures have also been taken for the possession, purchase, storage and display of illegal adult sexual photographs. In the past, only possession of pornography directed at children and youth was punished. In this case, they were sentenced to three years in prison or fined up to 30 million won. In the case of the production and distribution of videos of sexual exploitation, the legal sentence has been reinforced from imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of 30 million won or less to imprisonment for up to 7 years or a fine of 50 million won or less.

New provisions have been added to exacerbate punishment for threats and coercion through sexual tape, and for more severe punishment for repeat offenders. Previously, only the criminal law could be applied, but the revised law also allowed the application of the Law of Punishment for Sexual Violence, so that intimidation through sexual recordings could be punished with imprisonment of more than one year and imprisonment of more than three years.

In addition, a new conspiracy and conspiracy offense was established to prepare or punish serious sexual offenses, such as joint rape and child rape. This is to block the crime from the preparatory stage before execution in the case of simulation of sexual assault through online messaging. The production and dissemination of so-called ‘deep forgeries’, which combine photos of the victims’ faces with photographs of the full-body exposure, was also defined as a serious crime under the Covert Crime Act, which allows return of crimes.