Amid concerns over child abuse, a Civil Code provision that allows parents the right to discipline their children is being considered for deletion by a working group of the Legislative Council, an advisory panel to the justice minister, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The council, which has been reviewing the provision, is also planning to add a new provision specifying that physical punishment is prohibited.
Draft guidelines for that purpose will be finalized at a meeting of the working group in early February, and will be approved at a general meeting of the council in mid-February, according to sources.
