Definition of domestic violence and punishment

What is called \"domestic violence\"?

Answer: \"domestic violence\" refers to the perpetrator to beatings, binding, maiming, restriction of personal freedom by force or by other means, to their family members will harm caused by physical, mental consequences of behavior.

\"Domestic violence\" may be rescue requests which departments?

A: 43rd under the Marriage Act provides that the victim has the right to request, residents \' committees and units should be discouraged, where the villagers \' Committee, and mediation. Is domestic violence, victims have the right to request the public security organs shall be stopped.

According to the circumstances and consequences of family violence against party bear corresponding legal responsibility?

Answer: should be based on injuries by public security organs or neighborhood committees, organization to certify to the identification of sectors for condition evaluation report, required medical treatment, should be presenting to healing the body and save the document.

Implementation of the \"domestic violence\" should take legal responsibility?

Answer: according to the circumstances and consequences under Article No. 234 of the criminal code, causing minor injuries, liable to a prison term of three years, criminal detention or control, causing serious injuries, ten years of imprisonment of at least three years; cause deaths or serious injuries caused by particularly cruel means of serious disability, at least ten years \' imprisonment, life imprisonment or the death penalty. Of the regulations on administrative penalties for public security, or impose administrative sanctions. Innocent party has requested, under the provisions of the Marriage Act article 46th, should also assume liability for damages.

What constitutes \"abuse\"? Abuse shall be subject to any sanction?

Answer: abuse is deliberately tortured, destroying the family members, so that their physical or mental damage, forms of abuse can be expressed as positive, as, also showed negative, not as a form of. Such as abuse, intimidation, restriction of personal freedom, no clothing, no treatment, illness, etc. Persistent, ongoing domestic violence, constitutes abuse.

Depending on the circumstances and consequences of punishment: Article No. 260 of the Criminal Code provides that aggravated, two years imprisonment, criminal detention or control (tell), victims of serious injury or death caused by, two to seven years imprisonment. Its behavior does not constitute a crime by the public security organs will be punished in accordance with the Security Administration punishment regulations; innocent party is entitled to under the Marriage Act article 46th request damage compensation.