Taiwan lowers the "full adult" age to 18 years old and will be implemented in 2023
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Taiwan’s "Executive Yuan" passed 38 draft amendments on lowering the age of adulthood on the 13th, and 18 years old is considered a "full adult."
The current "Civil Law" in Taiwan stipulates that you must be an adult at the age of 20. Before that, the legal representative must agree to buy a car, buy a house, apply for a mobile phone number, open a bank account, and apply for a credit card; when a civil lawsuit is filed, the guardian’s parents will act on behalf of the guardian. deal with. On the 13th, Taiwan’s “Executive Yuan” passed a draft amendment to adjust 38 youth rights and interests to 18 years old, including “decrease the age of adulthood in the civil law” and amended the age of adulthood from 20 to 18; "Marriage age", set the engagement age for both men and women as 17 years old (previously stipulated that women’s engagement age was 15 years old), and the marriage age was both 18 years old (previously stipulated women’s marriage age was 16 years old), and related supporting regulations were revised. According to the "Executive Yuan" briefing, after the amendment of the future law is passed by the "Legislative Yuan", at the age of 18, you can buy a mobile phone, get married, rent a house, apply for a credit card, and even act as a company promoter. The current tentative implementation date is January 1, 2023.
"Administrative Councillor" Luo Bingcheng said that the lowering of the age of majority is because major countries and regions in the world have set the age of adulthood as 18 years old. This is an international trend. In 2018, Japan also amended the law to pass the age of adulthood as 18 years old, and there will be a four-year transition. It is expected to be implemented in 2022. In addition, in the past, there was a gap in the criminal age between the "Civil Law" and the "Criminal Law", which resulted in unequal powers and responsibilities. Therefore, this revision of the law will make them even. Zhong Jiabin, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, stated that the adjustment of the adult age and marriage age to 18 is in line with modern thinking and equal rights in marriage for both sexes, and is in line with international standards. (Zhang Ruo)