{"id":5834,"date":"2025-04-01T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/bill-eliminates-special-statute-of-limitations-for-ministers-bans-surrogacy-for-same-sex-couples\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:50:01","slug":"bill-eliminates-special-statute-of-limitations-for-ministers-bans-surrogacy-for-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/bill-eliminates-special-statute-of-limitations-for-ministers-bans-surrogacy-for-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill eliminates special statute of limitations for ministers, bans surrogacy for same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265799\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/floridis_intime-320x200.jpg?v=1718874756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/floridis_intime.jpg?v=1718874756\" alt=\"Bill eliminates special statute of limitations for ministers, bans surrogacy for same-sex couples\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/floridis_intime-960x600.jpg?v=1718874756\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis presented on Tuesday a new draft law, which is expected to be submitted to Parliament for a vote. Among its key provisions, the bill includes the implementing law abolishing the special statute of limitations for ministerial crimes, as well as new regulations prohibiting surrogacy for same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>The original law, passed in 2019, has never been implemented. It abolishes the special statute of limitations for ministerial offenses, aligning it with the time limits applicable to citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The implementing law repeals previous provisions that allowed ministerial offenses to expire if prosecution was not initiated within two parliamentary sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new provisions, the statute of limitations for ministerial offenses will now be five to eight years for misdemeanors and fifteen to twenty years for felonies.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also makes a significant change to surrogacy laws, clarifying that gender-based inability to conceive is not considered a medical condition. As a result, same-sex couples will no longer be eligible for surrogacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are providing a clear definition of what constitutes an inability to conceive and clarifying that gender is not considered an inability. There have been court cases where same-sex couples have claimed an inability to conceive, and while lower courts have granted them permission, appellate courts have overturned those decisions. This issue is now resolved with our new language,\u201d Floridis said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1265799\/new-bill-eliminates-special-statute-of-limitations-for-ministerial-offenses-bans-surrogacy-for-same-sex-couples\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis presented on Tuesday a new draft law, which is expected to be submitted to Parliament for a vote. Among its key provisions, the bill includes the implementing law abolishing the special statute of limitations for ministerial crimes, as well as new regulations prohibiting surrogacy for same-sex couples. 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