The amendment to the Civil Code, which in principle prohibits corporal punishment of parents' children, passed the Cabinet Meeting on the 13th.
The Ministry of Justice said that amendments to the Civil Law that deleted the disciplinary rights provisions stipulated in the Civil Law would pass the State Council and submit it to the National Assembly on the 16th.
Article 915 of the Civil Code stipulates that a parental authority can perform'discipline' necessary for the protection or education of children, so it has been mistaken as the grounds for legalizing corporal punishment of parents.
The same provision also stipulates that a parental authority can entrust a child to a correctional institution with permission from the court, but the amendment also deleted this part.
This is because it is rarely utilized.
The Ministry of Justice expected that such amendments to the Civil Law would improve social awareness of child abuse.
At the State Council, a revised promulgation of the Act on Special Cases for Punishment for Domestic Violence was also resolved with the content of strengthening response and punishment for domestic violence crimes and protection of victims.
When the new law comes into force, the current criminals can be arrested under the Criminal Procedure Act when the police dispatched to the scene of domestic violence begin an investigation.
The scope of punishment was expanded by adding crimes against domestic violence and refusal to evict housing.
If a domestic violent criminal violates temporary measures such as a ban on access, the punishment regulations have been reinforced to imprisonment for up to one year, fines up to 10 million won, or detention instead of the current fine.
The habitual offender can be imprisoned for up to three years or fined up to 30 million won.
In addition,'people', such as victims and family members, have been added to targets restricted to'specific places'.
We have also added restrictions on the right to interview children to protect victims.
The law will be promulgated on the 20th and will take effect on January 21st next year, three months later.