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Proposal to extend the legal definition of incest to first cousins
Official title: Wetsvoorstel tot uitbreiding van de wettelijke definitie van het begrip "incest" tot de bloed- en aanverwanten in de zijlijn tot de vierde graad.
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘Pending in the Chamber’)
In plain language
- The legal definition of incest in the Penal Code is expanded to include collateral relatives up to the fourth degree.
- This primarily affects victims of intra-family sexual violence and the justice system.
- Sexual abuse committed by, for example, a first cousin can henceforth be officially prosecuted and recognized as incest.
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