Under the new laws, any man found to be living with a woman who is not his legal wife could be sentenced to two years in a labour camp. The laws would also allow a woman whose husband has formed a second relationship to claim half of all the property he has given to the other wife, even if it is held in the other woman's name. In doing so the courts ruled that the purchase of items such as houses, cars and other gifts for a mistress or a prostitute is in violation of the marital relationship.