Ni fyddai'r ddeddfwriaeth arfaethedig yn golygu creu trosedd newydd. Yn hytrach, mae'n diddymu amddiffyniad 'cosb resymol' mewn perthynas â throseddau sy'n bodoli eisoes, sef ymosod a churo.
The proposed legislation would not involve the creation of a new offence. It would instead remove the defence of ‘reasonable punishment’ to the existing offences of assault and battery.