Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 577

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—

        (a)     the use of physical force for the purposes of disciplining the child or young person;

        (b)     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;

        (c)     the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to intimidate or humiliate the child or young person;

        (d)     the use of any form of physical or emotional abuse;

        (e)     the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment.

Division 3—Use of force in police gaol or in custody of transfer officer under transfer authority