Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
of Children and Young Persons (Government Homes) Regulations 2011
Regulation 24
Corporal punishment
Subregulation 1
The person-in-charge and the staff of a home shall make every effort to enforce discipline within the home without resort to corporal punishment.
Subregulation 2
The person-in-charge of a home must be satisfied after an inquiry and before imposing any corporal punishment that the resident of the home is guilty of serious misconduct and that the misconduct is of such a nature as to warrant the imposition of corporal punishment.
Subregulation 3
The person-in-charge of a home must seek the approval of the Director-General before imposing corporal punishment on any resident of the home.
Subregulation 4
The person-in-charge of a home shall record the particulars and evidence of the alleged misconduct of a resident of the home, his findings on the evidence, and the grounds of his decision to impose corporal punishment on the resident.
Subregulation 5
Corporal punishment shall only be administered by way of caning and be subject to the following conditions:
where corporal punishment is to be administered to a male resident of a home —
it must be administered by the person-in-charge of the home in the presence of a member of the staff, or by a member of the staff of the home authorised by the person-in-charge, in the presence of another member of the staff;
(ia)the person-in-charge of the home must keep a record of the fact that the carrying out of the punishment was witnessed by a member of the staff, and the personal particulars of that member of the staff;
the number of strokes inflicted shall not exceed 10;
the strokes may be inflicted on the resident’s palm or on his buttocks over his clothes; and
it shall not be administered in the presence of any other resident of the home.
[Deleted by S 515/2020 wef 01/07/2020]
Subregulation 6
Corporal punishment must not be administered to —
any female resident of a home; or
any resident of a home who suffers from any physical or mental disability.