Prohibited actions
577 Prohibited actions
The following actions are prohibited in relation to a child held in custody in a police gaol or a child or young person who is in the custody of a transfer officer under a transfer authority—
the use of physical force for the purposes of disciplining the child or young person;
the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain or discomfort on the child or young person as a punishment;
the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to intimidate or humiliate the child or young person;
the use of any form of physical or emotional abuse;
the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment.
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