Measure against corporal punishment under review
Cebu Daily News
February 19, 2012

A proposed Cebu City ordinance seeks to prohibit corporal punishment of minors.

Violators face 6 months in jail and a P5,000 fine. The measure is pending review by the City Council’s committee on law.
This covers physical violence such as beatings with or without instruments, pinching or pulling and shaving a child’s hair or ears.

Also prohibited are solitary confinement, exposure to harmful substances, neglect, verbal threats and other cruel and unusual punishments aimed at humiliating the child.

This measure would require parents, guardians or any person with custody of a child to undergo a seminar on positive discipline of children as a prerequisite for a child’s enrollment in day care centers

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