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THE NAGA CITY COUNCIL

Sangguniang Panlungsod Ng Naga

PREVIOUS ORDINANCES (1948-2022)

10th Sangguniang Panlungsod (30 July 2010 – 30 June 2013)

ORDINANCE NO. 2013-026

AN ORDINANCE PROMOTING POSITIVE AND NON-VIOLENT FORMS OF DISCIPLINE OF CHILDREN, PROHIBITING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND ALL FORMS OF DEGRADING AND HUMILIATING PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF

Category: Women; Family and Children
Principal Authors/Sponsors: Hon. Ray-An Cydrick G. Rentoy, Hon. Cecilia Veluz-De Asis, Hon. Dan Paulo R. Morales
Enacted: June 25, 2013

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Summary/Additional Info:
Summary: The ordinance defines corporal punishment broadly to include both physical maltreatment (such as hitting, kicking, forcing painful acts, exposure to harmful substances, and confinement) and psychological harm or suffering (like deliberate neglect as punishment, verbal abuse, public humiliation, and isolation).

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