Corporal Punishment: Policies & Law
March 31, 2014

Children's Act No. 38 of 2005

Union Buildings Pretoria

The Department of Social Development (DSD) is currently in the process of formulating amendments to the Children’s Act, that will ban corporal punishment in the home context. The current Children's Act attached, download below.

Download Children's Act No. 38 of 2005

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