Section 13: Ill-treatment
consolidated text (as at 2009). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
13. Ill-treatment
(1) Any person who ill-treats a child or otherwise exposes a child to harm
shall commit an offence.
(2) For the purposes of this section, any person who, in an advertisement, exploits a child by using him in such a way as is likely to cause in him
or in any child watching him reactions which are contrary to morality or detrimental to psychological development shall be deemed to expose a child to
harm.
[S. 13 amended by Act 15 of 1998.]
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Questions this section answers
- Is it an offence to ill-treat a child or expose them to harm?
- Can using a child in an advertisement in a way that harms them count as exposing them to harm?