In the past two days, a red paper and black character "Huian Street office red and white wedding standard" has aroused hot discussion on the Internet. The first rule of the standard: those who ask for lottery gifts "seriously" will be punished for trafficking in human beings or fraud. The bride price was originally the bride price given by the bridegroom to the woman. It has continued from ancient China to the present. But is it a bit illegal to stipulate the price of the bride price?
On June 20, the head of the social governance center of Hui'an sub district office in Lankao County, Henan Province replied to the upstream news reporter that the standards for the red and white wedding were being strictly implemented, in order to promote the new style of marriage customs.
'after marriage, you have to give 10 million to your mother-in-law. We can't control it.'
It is understood that in May this year, the social governance center of Huian sub district office of Lankao issued the standard of happy occasion for all residents in the area. There are nine standards in total, among which the first one stipulates that the betrothal bride price shall not exceed 20000 yuan, and those who ask for too much bride price shall be handed over to the public security organ for investigation, and those who are serious shall be punished by trafficking in human beings or fraud; the second to the eighth articles stipulate the banquet standard, participants, vehicles and other aspects; the ninth article stipulates that the families handling the red and white wedding must report to the village committee, and the village committee shall report to the center for preparation The village committee is responsible for the supervision of the case.
Among the nine standards, the first one aroused heated discussion among netizens, who joked that he gave 80000 yuan to his mother-in-law in August last year. If only the regulations had been promulgated as early as possible, the mother-in-law was selling her daughter; the fish at the bottom of the river said that it was a good thing to advocate that the bride price should not exceed 20000 yuan, but that more women would become fraudsters, which was a bit scary.
Huian Street office social governance center, the relevant person in charge of the introduction, the bride price standard is not more than 20000 yuan; if the center receives a report, they will intervene in mediation in advance, so that the women do not exceed the standard; if the mediation is not successful, they will depend on whether the circumstances are handed over to the public security organs for investigation, if the public security organs have verified the suspected crime, it is suspected of trafficking in human beings or fraud.
The person in charge said that the standard should be strictly implemented, which is the same for all people in the jurisdiction. The purpose of this is to advocate the new marriage customs. Whether the trafficking of people or fraud is the case, the public security organs has the final say. After finishing marriage, you have to give the mother-in-law ten million, we can not control it, but the money for betrothal gifts can not exceed twenty thousand. '
Zhang Xinian, a well-known administrative law lawyer, believes that local governments can advocate and encourage the new trend of not asking too much for lottery gifts and abusing banquet. But for the general public, it can be done without prohibition. In particular, the provisions of Article 1 of the standards for the operation of red, white and happy events in Hui'an Street office are a bit sensational, reflecting the serious lack of legal thinking in local relevant units.
There have been many cases of cheating betrothal gifts by engagement in Lankao
Previously, on December 31, 2016, Lankao County Party committee and the county government jointly issued the implementation plan for the special rectification of the operation of red and white affairs in Lankao County, and publicized the operation standard of red and white affairs in Lankao County. The government proposed to resolutely correct the unhealthy atmosphere of red and white affairs, such as being extravagant, extravagant and extravagant, and taking advantage of opportunities to collect money, effectively reduce the burden of cadres and masses, and form a good trend of advocating civilization and upholding frugality in the whole society.
The first article of the standards for handling red and white affairs in Lankao County is to clarify the betrothal gifts: no more than 30000 yuan in the planned area of the county and no more than 20000 yuan in the countryside. Those who ask for too much bride price and refuse to return it to the suspect shall be dealt with by the public security organ according to law.
According to the information released on the government website of Lankao County, there have been 11 red and white wedding operations in sanyizhai township of the county in recent years, which have been reported and operated in strict accordance with the requirements, and have been supported and recognized by the masses.
Upstream journalists found that since 2017, there have been many cases of fraud in Lankao.
Around 2017, Wang Mou, a woman from Mengzhai, Lankao, was engaged to Cheng Mou for the first time, with a price of RMB 99000 yuan; Wang Mou was engaged to Yang Mou for the second time, with a price of RMB 129000 yuan. In the end, the father and daughter were arrested for fraud.
At the beginning of 2018, lankaoyifeng police station successfully defeated a "one woman married five husband" cheating marriage gang. The gang targeted at unmarried young men in rural areas and cheated for bride price on the basis of marriage. It committed five consecutive crimes, making more than 400000 yuan in illegal profits. Using the custom of "engagement" in the countryside, the gang asked the man for betrothal gifts ranging from 60000 yuan to 160000 yuan, which disappeared as soon as they succeeded.