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posted 5 months ago
I don't know the state of Michigan, and with the American legislative system I had a tangent (in university and master) on comparative law (constitution and criminal laws, something from civil law - part of the laws of the states of Texas and Tennessee, being introduced into the Romanian civil law, in 2011).
To meet? Yes ! It is legal and even moral; and in Romania it is also usual (taking into account the interference between people of the opposite sex, on the occasion of various rural-ancestral manifestations).
If we talk, however, about dating - which automatically implies meetings with affective connotations, yes, but without sex . If we talk about snapshots, .. etc. we are entering in anothers spheres, but on which any specialized website tries to ban your access and tightens the verification (and surveilance, too) .
Acquaintance and accidental meeting within the limits of morality imposed by society and restrictive and punitive criminal laws - meetings, yes; but there is no tolerance towards the manifestations by which one tends to obtain sexual excitement or sexual satisfaction through penetration or other procedures than the action of penetration
In Romania, there is no way to reach the age of 16 or 14 on websites, the filters being quite strict. No one will stop you on the street (except for individuals who have quarreled with the law, but who do not have a police role). Even the state authorities have no reason to stop you, as long as your walk, or the meeting, does not include manifestations and forms of manifestation with an obvious purpose: sexual satisfaction (one, or mutual),
- either by penetration,
- either by means other than the action of penetration.
The saying of poems and words of love are not yet prohibited in Romania.
Kissing wouldn't be a problem either, and probably neither would hugging.
Problems can arise when sensitive areas are touched (thigh, calves, torso, etc.), which really tends to excitement and even causes it. If they happen on the beachs, at swimming pools,... the circumstances are reduced, because the evidence intervenes:
- excitement / arousement and
- tendencies towards sexual satisfaction.
On one side, I already answered above, fragmentation being impossible.
On another note, you also need to know that pedophilia, as such, is not longer criminalized, separately, as in the old criminal code, BUT you have :
A. 1.718 / 5.000
Art. 221 New Criminal Code Sexual corruption of minors Offenses against sexual freedom and integrity CHAPTER VIII Offenses against sexual freedom and integrity Art. 221 Sexual corruption of minors
(1) Committing an act of a sexual nature, other than that provided for in art. 220, against a minor who has not reached the age of 13, as well as determining the minor to endure or carry out such an act are punishable by imprisonment from one to 5 years.
[NOTA BENE ! where,
• sexual act = sexual intercourse any manifestations that aim to satisfy the sexual appetite / satisfy the sexual instinct (2004); and,
• "act of a sexual nature", used in the previously mentioned article, the legislator had in mind the acts of a sexual nature provided for in the provisions of art. 219 of the Criminal Code (which regulates sexual aggression), i.e. any act that tends to obtain sexual excitement or sexual satisfaction through other procedures than the action of penetration.]
(2) The penalty is imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and the prohibition of the exercise of certain rights, when:
a) the minor is a direct relative, brother or sister;
b) the minor is in the care, protection, education, custody or treatment of the perpetrator;
c) the act was committed for the purpose of producing pornographic material.
d) the act endangered the minor's life.
(3) The sexual act of any nature committed by an adult in the presence of a minor who has not reached the age of 13 is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years or a fine.
(5) The facts provided in para. (1) it is not sanctioned if the age difference does not exceed 3 years.
(6) Attempts at the offenses provided for in para. (1) and (2) shall be punished.
B. Art. 220 Sexual intercourse with a minor (1) Sexual intercourse, oral or anal intercourse, as well as any other acts of vaginal or anal penetration committed with a minor between the ages of 13 and 15 are punishable by imprisonment from one to 5 years. (5) The facts provided in para. (1) and para. (2) it is not sanctioned if the age difference does not exceed 3 years.
(2) The fact provided for in para. (1), committed against a minor who has not reached the age of 13, is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and the prohibition of the exercise of certain rights.
(3) The act provided for in para. (1), committed by an adult with a minor between the ages of 15 and 18, is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and the prohibition of the exercise of certain rights if:
a) the minor is a family member of the major;
b) the minor is in the care, protection, education, guard or treatment of the perpetrator or he has abused his recognized position of trust or authority over the minor or his particularly vulnerable situation, as a result of a mental or physical handicap or as as a result of an addiction situation;
c) the act endangered the minor's life;
d) was committed for the purpose of producing pornographic materials.
(4) The fact provided for in para. (1) and (2) is punishable by imprisonment from 3 to 10 years and the prohibition of exercising certain rights, when:
a) the minor is a family member;
b) the minor is in the care, protection, education, guard or treatment of the perpetrator or he has abused his recognized position of trust or authority over the minor;
c) the act endangered the minor's life;
d) was committed for the purpose of producing pornographic materials.
(5) The facts provided in para. (1) and para. (2) it is not sanctioned if the age difference does not exceed 3 years.
(6) Attempts at the offenses provided for in para. (1)-(4) shall be punished.
Unfortunately, I cannot express my personal opinions, except in another context; and, LegalMart does not (yet) have a "discussion platform" section, where we, the lawyers who have accessed the platform, can exchange ideas, opinions, ... etc., moderated, obviously by Legal Mart. I am sure that with the progress and growth of the platform, such sections will also be initiated, as will probably be the mutual disconfirmation of changes (major and not in detail) of principles and legislation.
