On the Internet, an “interesting fact” about Hong Kong was widely dispersed - allegedly there, a wife can kill an incorrect husband with impunity if he does it with his bare hands. We decided to check if this is so.
Information about an unusual Hong Kong law can Meet on many entertaining Portals; Sometimes the articles also specify that you can also kill a mistress, and in this case the tool of the crime is not important. This law Discuss Service users questions And answers, Platform blog And social networks. Often this "fact" about Hong Kong is included in the collections of ridiculous lawsoperating in different countries of the world. Write about a kind of legal norm even the media, for example "Komsomolskaya Truth" The Voicemag And Marie Claire. This is popular information And in the English -language segment of the Internet.
Punishment for murder, according to laws Hong Kong (Section 212 - “Crimes against the Personality”) - this is a lifelong imprisonment, and it is unknown if a person was killed with his bare hands either with the help of weapons or improvised objects. There are a number of exceptions: minor criminals may be scheduled for a shorter term, and those who committed the murder as a result of an accident or for self -defense, will not suffer punishment at all. There are no reservations in the law regarding the situations when his cheating served as the motive for the murder of the spouse.
Four of the Hong Kong Law is devoted at once by four sections: 178, 179, 181 And 182. They also do not say anything that the wife has the right to kill because of her husband's betrayal. If the spouse has committed adultery and the wife can prove it, this somewhat simplifies the divorce procedure, but nothing more. This also works in the opposite direction - if the wife has changed. There are no fines, prison terms or other sanctions for traitors.
“Verified” could not find precedents when in Hong Kong the wife would have killed her husband out of jealousy and left punishment. In all cases of such killings known to us (we note, rather small) for the period from 2000 By 2020 The year of the woman was sentenced to life imprisonment, regardless of how they committed a crime. The media reports on the murder of mistresses over the years were “verified”, but there is no reason to believe that in this case the court would act somehow differently.
Thus, in the laws of Hong Kong there is not a word that his wife has the right to kill her husband or his mistress. Any murder except those that were committed by minors, as a result of an accident or for self -defense, is punishable by life imprisonment. It was not possible to find precedents when the wife killed her husband for treason and was justified.
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