Have kids outside marriage, pay hefty fines
By IANSFriday, September 3, 2010
BEIJING - Married people in a Chinese city who have children outside their marriage will now face heavy fines up to 250,000 yuan ($36,725).
The Family Planning Commission in Chongqing city has passed a new regulation that says married people who produce offspring outside their marriage will face fines, China Daily reported Friday citing the Chongqing Economic Times.
An unmarried couple having a baby would be fined 6,000 yuan ($882).
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