民法改正案が衆院通過　葉梨法相辞任で１週間遅れ

　子が生まれた時期から父親を推定する「嫡出推定」制度を見直す民法改正案は、１７日の衆院本会議で与党や立憲民主党などの賛成多数で可決された。参院審議を経て今国会で成立する見通し。
　当初は１０日に採決の予定だったが、葉梨康弘前法相の辞任により１週間遅れた。（2022/11/17-13:15）

Japan's House of Representatives passed on Thursday a bill to revise the Civil Code, including changes to provisions on the presumption of legitimacy and on the right to discipline children.
   The bill was approved by a majority vote at a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament. It is expected to be enacted during the current Diet session after deliberations at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.
   The Lower House vote on the bill was delayed from the previously scheduled date of Nov. 10 due to the resignation of Yasuhiro Hanashi as justice minister, the post responsible for the legislation, over an inappropriate remark on executions.
   Under the current Civil Code clause regarding the presumption of legitimacy, a child born within 300 days of divorce is considered the child of the former husband, while a child born after 200 days from remarriage of the mother is treated as the child of the new husband.
   The provision led to the issue of children not listed on family registers, as mothers do not submit birth registrations out of fear that their ex-husbands will be deemed the fathers of children they had with different men.