Editing Assault (section)

===Punishment===
In some jurisdictions such as [[Caning in Singapore|Singapore]], [[judicial corporal punishment]] is part of the [[legal system]]. The officers who administer the punishment have [[Sovereign immunity|immunity]] from prosecution for assault.

In the United States, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and Canada, [[Corporal punishment in the home#Where corporal punishment in the home is lawful|corporal punishment administered to children by their parent or legal guardian]] is not legally considered to be assault unless it is deemed to be excessive or unreasonable. What constitutes "reasonable" varies in both statutory law and [[case law]]. Unreasonable physical punishment may be charged as assault or under a separate statute for [[child abuse]].

In [[English law]], s.&nbsp;58 [[Children Act 2004]] limits the availability of the lawful correction defense to common assault.<ref>{{cite legislation UK |type=act |year=2004 |chapter=31 |section=58 |act=Children Act 2004}}</ref> This defence was abolished in Wales in 2022.<ref>{{cite legislation Wales |type=act|year=2020|chapter=3|section=1|title=Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020|mode=cs1}} Section 1. This section came into force two years after the Act received royal assent (see section 5(1)).</ref>

Many countries, including some US states, also permit the use of controversial corporal punishment for [[School corporal punishment|children in school]] or home.