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→The Text of the Circumcision Act
== The Text of the Circumcision Act ==
The law was placed in the Civil Code in Book 4 (family law), in section 2 (relationship) and there placed in title 5 (custody).<ref>Non-binding translation by [[Ulf Dunkel]]</ref>
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'''[[Circumcision]] of the Male Child'''
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|(1) Custody Personal Care also includes the right to consent to a medically unnecessary the [[circumcision]] of a the male child not able to understand or assesswho lacks competence and understanding, if this it is to be carried out performed according to the rules of proper medical sciencestandards. This does not apply if the child's welfare is jeopardized by when the [[circumcision]], even when taking its purpose into accountalso considering the motivation, endangers the child's well-being.
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|(2) In During the first six 6 months after the birth of the childlife, persons who are provided appointed by a religious society for this purpose, group may perform [[circumcision]]s as referred according to in paragraph 1, when if they have been are specially trained and, without being a medical doctor, are comparable capable similarly competent to carry out the perform [[circumcision]].
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