Cabinet approves removal of ‘whorehouse’ from actBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Executive Yuan on Thursday approved a Ministry of Justice proposal to change the word “whorehouse” to “locations for sexual services” in Article 9 of the Enforcement Act of the Criminal Code of the Republic of China (中華民國刑法施行法). The proposed amendment assists in reducing discrimination against women and upholds the spirit of CEDAW, the Executive Yuan said. The word “whorehouse” has mostly faded from legal documentation in Taiwan. For example, Nantou County’s last legal location for sexual services received its permit to operate in March 1960. The term “whorehouse” officially vanished from legal documentation in Nantou after the county government on Jan. 8, 2014, abolished the Nantou County Regulations on Prostitute Management and Autonomy (南投縣娼妓管理自治條例).

Source: Taipei Times September 04, 2021 16:00 UTC