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 An engaged man or woman may claim compensation from the person who raped or attempted to rape the person engaged to him or her when that person knew or should have known of the engagement, without having to rescind the engagement contract.”

The provisions of paragraph 3 of section 1447/1 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which have been amended by the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 10), 2533 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:

"“The right to claim the compensation under section 1445 or [sic] section 1446 shall be subject to six-month limitation from the day the engaged man or woman knew or should have known of the act of the other person which would ground a claim for the compensation and knew of the person who should pay such compensation, but it must not be exercised later than five years from the day the said act was committed by such other person.”"

The provisions of (1) of section 1516 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:

"“the husband or wife maintains or honours another person as his or her wife or husband, commits adultery, or habitually has sexual intercourse with another person, the other may institute an action for divorce”."

The provisions of paragraph 1 of section 1523 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:

"“Once a court has granted a divorce for the reason under section 1516(1), the wife or husband has the right to receive compensation from the husband or wife and from the person maintained or honoured or the person grounding the divorce.”"

This Act does not affect the juristic acts, rights, duties, or liabilities according to the law which have been performed or have taken place since before the day of its coming into force.

The Minister of Justice shall be in charge of the execution of this Act.