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2. Living Men and Women
 
  2.2 Standards of a human child  
  Article 72-Punishment and discipline of a human child  
72.1 Punishment and discipline of a human child  
  Punishment of a child is defined as any act, including minor physical discipline, deprivation of privilege and/or rebuke that is directed to a child in response to a failure of responsibility/error of behaviour.  
72.2 The fundamental requirement of all children to be held accountable  
  A child that fails to learn social responsibility, that fails to witness first hand the need to be accountable for one's actions and the consequences of poor actions is more than likely going to mature into an adult that lacks those same qualities.  
  Therefore, it is a fundamental requirement of any civilized and sensible society that the allocation of punishment and discipline against children remains an important feature of both the education framework, the home framework and group social framework.  
72.3 Unacceptable punishment  
  Any punishment that involves the verbal abuse of a child, including name calling, severe degrading of their character is considered unacceptable under any circumstances. Such verbal abuse has no corrective measure built-in, it has no long term benefit other than imprinting on the mind of the child ideas and attitudes that may stay with them a lifetime.  
  Similarly, physical punishment involving the sustained assault on a child including the use of weapons to inflict serious injury is totally unacceptable and has no basis of claim as anything other than the morally depraved act of injuring a child.  
72.4 Acceptable limits of physical discipline by parents/guardians  
  Within socially acceptable limits, it shall be considered socially acceptable and a right of all parents that they may use light physical discipline their children as a component of discipline and respect within the home and private environment.  
  Such action should always be a last resort and must not extend to sexual abuse, nor serious injury both of which are considered morally depraved and very serious crimes.  
  However, within public, physical discipline is considered socially unattractive and parents/guardians should generally refrain from such action.  
72.5 Acceptable limits of physical discipline by teachers/authorised instructors  
  It shall be considered within socially acceptable limits that both teachers and authorised competent instructors may issue a physical penality upon a child over the age of six who has shown reckless disregard to the rules and conditions of their place of study/activity.  
  However, such physical discipline must be both codified and limited in its issue as a penalty of last resort. Furthermore, no discipline is permitted that risks permanent serious injury upon a child, nor involves the use of psychological or physical torture.  
72.6 Immunity from prosecution when physical discipline is within the limits of this article  
  Where a teacher/instructor or authorized officer of the law has enacted a physical penalty upon a child within the confines of a codified set of rules and punishments and when such punishment has been duly renered upon proof of disregard and or reckless error by the child and where no serious injury has been sustained then those responsible for the issuing of such punishment shall be immune from any civil and/or criminal prosecution.  
  Furthermore, the parents/guardians of children who have been disciplined and who seek to launch such actions of malice where no basis of serious assault or error exists shall themselves be guilty of a civil offence, especially if such action has been taken to publicize false claims via the media.  
  Such action if done to deliberately damage the reputation of a school/institution, or to seek to extract some kind of payment or monetary gain shall be considered an act of low moral standing and a serious criminal offence.  
     
     
     
 
 

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