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CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 23

Meaning of "ill-treatment"

23 Meaning of "ill-treatment"


"Ill-treatment" , of a child, means conduct towards a child that is unreasonable and seriously inappropriate, improper, inhumane or cruel.

Examples of ill-treatment--:
1 making excessive or degrading demands of a child
2 a pattern of hostile or degrading comments or behaviour towards a child
3 using inappropriate forms of behaviour management towards a child



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