Article 334Concubinage
ELI5— what this means for you
Concubinage: a husband who keeps a mistress in the conjugal home, has sexual intercourse with her under scandalous circumstances, or cohabits with her elsewhere. The penalty for the husband is prision correccional; for the concubine, destierro.
Key point
The law treats adultery and concubinage differently — adultery requires proof of every single act; concubinage only requires proof of the relationship.
Official text — Act No. 3815
Concubinage.
-Any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or, shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in .any other place, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods.
The concubine shall suffer the penalty of destierro.
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