Singapore legislation
Regulation 25
of Children and Young Persons (Government Homes) Regulations 2011
Regulation 25
Prohibition of unauthorised forms of corporal punishment
Amended byS 515/2020 wef 01/07/2020
Subregulation 1
No member of the staff of a home shall subject any resident thereof to any form of unauthorised corporal punishment.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 515/2020 wef 01/07/2020
In this regulation, “unauthorised corporal punishment” includes striking, cuffing, shaking or punching a resident, or subjecting him to any other form of physical violence except for that permitted in accordance with regulation 24 or section 68A of the Act.