If you hit a child in Germany, ...

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it is nobody's business.
it is only the family's business.
you can't be punished for it.
you can be punished for it.

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Correct answer to question 251: you can be punished for it.

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Since 2000, §1631(2) BGB has guaranteed children the right to a non-violent upbringing; corporal punishment is forbidden. Striking a child can be prosecuted as bodily harm under §223 of the Criminal Code.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Wenn man in Deutschland ein Kind schlägt, …

geht das niemanden etwas an.
geht das nur die Familie etwas an.
kann man dafür nicht bestraft werden.
kann man dafür bestraft werden.

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