Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act, 2010
R 385
"corporal punishment"
means any deliberate act against a child that inflicts pain or physical discomfort, however light, to punish or contain the child, which includes, but is not limited to—
| (a) | hitting, smacking, slapping, pinching or scratching with the hand or any object; |
| (b) | kicking, shaking, throwing, throwing objects at, burning, scalding, biting, pulling hair, boxing ears, pulling or pushing children; |
| (c) | forcing children to stay in uncomfortable positions, forced ingestion, washing children’s mouths out with soap, denying meals, heat and shelter, forcing a child to do exercises which are not in accordance with the curriculum applicable to the learner or denying or restricting a child’s use of the toilet; and |
| (d) | any acts which seek to belittle, humiliate, threaten, induce fear or ridicule the dignity and person of a learner; |
[Definition inserted by section 1(c) of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 32 of 2024), Notice No 5212, GG51258, dated 16 September 2024 – effective 24 December 2024 per Proclamation Notice 237 of 2024]
