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Criminal Code Act 1924
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50 Domestic discipline
[Section 50 Amended by No. 55 of 1999, s. 4, Applied:03 Nov 1999] It is lawful for a parent or a person in the place of a parent to use, by way of correction, any force towards a child in his or her care that is reasonable in the circumstances.