11.   A new civil code being drafted by the government will allow capital punishment in cases of murder, terrorism and genocide, he told Interfax.

12.   A major section of the civil code that allows private land ownership was frozen by the parliament pending the creation of a separate law on land.

13.   A final report, expected later this year, could prod Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to order a revision to the civil code, the nationwide Asahi newspaper said.

14.   Although rarely invoked, the old civil code allowed a husband to annul his marriage if he discovered on his wedding night that his bride was not a virgin.

15.   In contrast, the parliament passed the second part of the civil code with hardly any objection.

16.   In the suit, the Brazilian said Suzuki and his mother had violated the civil code and the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

17.   Nor will men or women who commit adultery be prohibited from remarrying, as stipulated in the soon-to-be scrapped version of the civil code.

18.   Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao Thursday opposed a uniform civil code and marriage laws that would apply to all religions and sects in India.

19.   The civil code defines family members as descendants along the male line.

20.   The Court of Cassation found that a divorced man who had not sent his alimony check had only violated the civil code, according to the ANSA news agency.