The Constitutional Court previously struck down a law criminalizing adultery. On June 16, the Judicial Yuan deleted a  proviso in Article 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that allowed the victim spouse to withdraw his or her complaint against the spouse only.


With regards to Article 234-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which is the provision on who has the right to file lawsuits in Article 239 of the Criminal Code, it has also been deleted. With regards to the proviso in Article 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, we conformed to the content of the Constitutional Court's interpretation No. 791 and deleted this proviso. We added a proviso to Article 348-2, which is that if the original ruling is innocent, waived, or not accepted, then there is no basis for a joint appeal.

After the Constitutional Court decriminalized adultery on May 29, the Judicial Yuan deleted the corresponding provisions in Article 234-2 and Article 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure accordingly. It also passed amendments that stipulate the plaintiff cannot appeal on those charges that have been found not guilty in the first trial."



司法院刑事廳調辦事法官 吳元曜表示：「對於刑事訴訟法第234條第2項，也就是刑法第239條的"專屬告訴權人"的規定，也相應做刪除。另外對於刑事訴訟法第239條但書，也配合大法官解釋第791號的意旨，也把這個但書刪除，就348條第2項設置一個但書，也就是原審是無罪，免訴或不受理，這樣就沒有併同上訴。」

大法官上個月29號，做出通姦罪違憲的釋字解釋，司法院也配合刪除，現行刑事訴訟法，第234條第2項以及第239條但書的規定。此外，司法院也通過刑訴法修正案，未來判決結果，如果是部分有罪，被告針對有罪部分，提出上訴時，二審法院，不能連同無罪部分一起審理，避免出現「無罪變有罪」的狀況。