The governenb has approved adraft change to the beggar control Act. Callina for the death-penalty for anybody who mutilates children a forces them to work as street beggars. Government officials believe that the penalties set out in the existing act arenot strong enough to effectively tackle the long-standina problem of street begg ars. Once it becomes law, itwill replace the 1941 beggar-control act, which is considend obsolote to tack be-today's i creasinaly complex situation of street-begging government minister issara somchai said