Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-15855

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons had a charge proved for the miscellaneous offences (a) common assault, (b) breach of the peace, (c) drunkenness, (d) breach of social work orders and (e) other offences in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences¹, by Police Force Area, 1997- 2003

Offence/Police Force Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³
Common assault
Central	634	550	539	604	628	721	728
Dumfries and Galloway	357	301	337	270	289	309	400
Fife	703	586	574	488	684	633	625
Grampian	1,309	1,317	1,100	966	1,085	1,165	1,320
Lothian and Borders	2,015	2,005	1,727	1,683	1,592	1,868	1,786
Northern	717	672	648	572	653	685	821
Strathclyde	5,820	5,548	4,923	4,671	4,828	4,726	5,153
Tayside	900	973	1,038	988	1,086	1,190	1,199
Total	12,455	11,952	10,886	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
Breach of the peace
Central	946	827	626	664	750	798	809
Dumfries and Galloway	451	411	438	340	347	301	372
Fife	851	768	610	564	582	626	585
Grampian	1,427	1,433	1,091	950	974	952	1,075
Lothian and Borders	2,365	2,344	1,820	1,656	1,712	1,886	1,653
Northern	1,124	1,078	843	793	835	831	920
Strathclyde	10,772	9,759	7,548	6,911	7,097	7,252	7,704
Tayside	1,480	1,489	1,422	1,348	1,478	1,478	1,615
Total	19,416	18,109	14,398	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
Drunkenness
Central	22	12	6	7	2	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	21	-	3	-	-	-	1
Fife	18	8	7	2	5	3	10
Grampian	39	38	22	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	51	41	20	18	26	28	22
Northern	246	224	159	138	104	140	135
Strathclyde	514	383	246	227	191	184	203
Tayside	17	19	15	20	30	17	19
Total	928	725	478	434	371	384	411
Breach of social work orders
Central	138	184	175	194	316	345	351
Dumfries and Galloway	105	111	126	161	180	152	267
Fife	509	500	480	386	467	499	530
Grampian	329	355	411	518	408	416	124
Lothian and Borders	437	511	552	615	636	724	895
Northern	149	187	154	147	82	211	256
Strathclyde	1,501	1,748	2,033	2,110	1,675	1,931	865
Tayside	386	584	633	560	677	696	697
Total	3,554	4,180	4,564	4,691	4,446²	4,974	3,985
Other offences
Central	301	226	136	290	316	288	454
Dumfries and Galloway	181	158	115	62	66	71	64
Fife	242	153	104	198	180	145	234
Grampian	829	553	325	444	378	335	428
Lothian and Borders	1,097	736	345	397	340	446	672
Northern	754	420	222	235	280	302	302
Strathclyde	5,015	4,039	2,557	2,684	2,977	3,062	4,516
Tayside	730	331	372	538	430	573	560
Total	9,149	6,616	4,176	4,849²	4,967	5,222	7,230

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes a small number of cases where force is unknown.

3. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-14553

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each of its departments spent on (a) maintenance, (b) renovation, (c) council tax and (d) running costs of residential properties used by ministers and officials in each year since 1999.

Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister, is the only residential property on the Scottish Executive core estate. The table below sets out the expenditure as requested. The Executive does not pay council tax in respect of this property but non-domestic rates. Details of the amounts spent to date on maintenance, renovations, non-domestic rates and running costs (which includes utilities and cleaning) are shown below. On-going “renovation” work appropriate to the age and style of the property includes, re-wiring, installation of an external disabled lift and the adaptation of the toilets to allow disabled access. The pattern of expenditure on maintenance is largely determined by the number of projects in the long term planned preventative maintenance programme agreed with the National Trust for Scotland, to which we are committed under the terms of the lease.

	Maintenance	Renovations	Rates	Running Costs	Total
1999-00	£59,800	£154,000	£4,500	£8,900	£227,200
2000-01	£24,000	£16,500	£5,000	£24,000	£69,500
2001-02	£19,100	£89,900	£7,000	£22,200	£138,200
2002-03	£26,500	£114,300	£7,500	£20,900	£169,200
2003-04	£27,900	£54,100	£8,400	£23,000	£113,400
2004-05 (to date)	£24,700	£22,000	£9,500	£19,500	£75,700

Question reference: S2W-15914

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13580 by Cathy Jamieson on 28 January 2005, how many convictions for assault of a police officer there were in each year from 1994 to 2004, broken down by police force area

The available information, which relates to convictions under section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, is given in the table. This section of the 1967 Act provides that any person who “assaults, resists, obstructs, molests or hinders a constable…” shall be guilty of an offence. Offences which specifically involve an assault on a police officer can not generally be identified separately from other section 41(1)(a) offences in the data held centrally. Similarly, other assaults on police officers which may result in other charges such as serious assault or attempted murder can not be identified separately in the available statistics.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for an Offence Under Section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967¹, by Police Force Area, 1994-2003

Police Force Area	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Central	175	183	175	120	92	107	111	144	177	175
Dumfries and Galloway	93	77	65	73	62	56	59	64	59	93
Fife	176	147	145	165	143	101	113	142	140	160
Grampian	298	324	262	274	271	199	163	201	246	309
Lothian and Borders	343	409	387	388	455	381	380	382	417	419
Northern	184	171	150	121	135	124	142	166	152	190
Strathclyde	1,454	1,425	1,606	1,621	1,396	1,112	969	1,066	1,177	1,384
Tayside	146	194	174	231	258	264	209	237	323	305
Scotland	2,869	2,930	2,964	2,993	2,812	2,344	2,146	2,402	2,691	3,035

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-15913

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode length of custodial sentences imposed for assaulting a police officer has been in each year since 1994, broken down by police force area.

The available information, which relates to convictions under section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, is given in the table. This section of the 1967 Act provides that any person who assaults, resists, obstructs, molests or hinders a constable shall be guilty of an offence. Offences which specifically involve an assault on a police officer can not generally be identified separately from other section 41(1)(a) offences in the data held centrally. Similarly, other assaults on police officers which may result in other charges such as serious assault or attempted murder can not be identified separately in the available statistics.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for an Offence Under Section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967¹, by Police Force Area, 1994-2003:

Persons Receiving a Custodial Sentence

Police Force Area	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²
	Number of Persons:
Central	26	17	23	12	15	18	18	25	24	25
Dumfries and Galloway	10	12	10	17	10	15	14	14	10	13
Fife	25	26	26	26	22	14	23	23	17	31
Grampian	43	33	31	32	32	28	18	28	46	30
Lothian and Borders	41	65	60	58	71	81	74	76	87	77
Northern	38	28	25	25	26	22	32	34	38	31
Strathclyde	294	259	307	274	235	200	207	196	214	252
Tayside	33	30	25	43	56	47	43	49	60	67
Scotland	510	470	507	487	467	425	429	445	496	526
	Mean (days):
Central	97	76	92	129	81	90	103	139	109	98
Dumfries and Galloway	97	106	85	119	155	111	108	113	91	74
Fife	122	122	121	125	124	111	135	137	116	122
Grampian	95	117	101	86	88	126	83	106	106	144
Lothian and Borders	125	132	130	118	119	116	109	109	127	108
Northern	91	127	104	113	103	133	112	143	105	129
Strathclyde	135	124	131	115	117	122	121	121	112	117
Tayside	155	122	101	102	115	131	128	94	84	112
Scotland	126	123	123	113	114	121	117	118	110	116
	Median (days):
Central	91	60	91	106	91	61	91	122	91	91
Dumfries and Galloway	91	91	76	91	107	91	91	91	91	91
Fife	91	91	122	91	107	91	91	122	122	91
Grampian	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Lothian and Borders	91	91	117	91	122	91	91	91	122	91
Northern	76	91	91	91	91	122	91	122	91	122
Strathclyde	122	91	122	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Tayside	122	91	91	91	91	122	122	91	91	91
Scotland	91	91	107	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
	Mode (days):
Central	91	122	91	60	91	60	91	122	91	30
Dumfries and Galloway	91	91	60	91	91	91	60	91	91	91
Fife	91	60	122	91	91	182	182	91	122	91
Grampian	91	91	60	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Lothian and Borders	91	91	91	91	182	91	91	91	91	91
Northern	30	91	60	91	91	91	91	122	91	122
Strathclyde	182	91	182	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Tayside	182	60	30	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Scotland	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

Notes:

1. Where main offence. Average values shown relate to total penalty imposed for conviction.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-15825

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13957 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the tables.

The following tables have been updated to take account of the finalised data now available for 2003-04. Yearly totals for Scotland are not comparable due to data being unavailable for different courts in different years. The footnotes to the table provide additional information on the limitations of the data.

Number of District Court Fines Fully Remitted, 1999-2000 to 2003-04

District court	1999-2000¹	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Aberdeen City	146	33	94	52	157
Aberdeenshire	61	28	79	18	26
Angus	27	6	5	3	20
Argyll and Bute	162	60	54	38	50
Clackmannanshire	12	1	3	2	1
Dumfries and Galloway	28	-	11	9	N/A
Dundee City	38	25	30	52	25
East Ayrshire	116	13	68	-	N/A
East Dunbartonshire	16	6	5	-	2
East Lothian	-	5	2	4	5
East Renfrewshire	-	2	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	408	N/A	240	175	107
Eilean Siar	-	19	N/A	N/A	N/A
Falkirk	42	14	11	5	25
Fife	225	117	137	57	N/A
Glasgow City	385	141	43	79	17
Highland	180	125	19	27	74
Inverclyde	31	23	31	28	33
Midlothian	2	5	12	10	16
Moray	2	1	19	4	29
North Ayrshire	59	13	24	24	18
North Lanarkshire	425	250²	645³	656⁴	69 ⁵
Perth and Kinross	80	126	79	211⁶	40
Renfrewshire	255	143	49	61	131
Scottish Borders	41	5	5	1	2
South Ayrshire	2	6	44	30	129
South Lanarkshire	106	41	21	24	11
Stirling	32	40	N/A	N/A	N/A
West Dunbartonshire	436	55	22	78	22
West Lothian	36	154	154	37	69
Scotland	3,353	1,457	1,906	1,685	1,078

Notes:

"N/A" denotes data not available.

1. Includes partly remitted fines – a separate breakdown of fully and partly remitted fines was not collected for 1999-2000.

2. Coatbridge only.

3. Includes fully and partly remitted fines, registered fines and compensation orders.

4. Includes fully and partly remitted fines; excludes partly remitted fines for Coatbridge; includes remitted registered fines and compensation orders for Motherwell.

5. Motherwell only.

6. Includes partly remitted fines.

Number of District Court Fines Partly Remitted, 2000-01 to 2003-04¹

District Court	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Aberdeen City	26	17	21	113
Aberdeenshire	21	31	13	6
Angus	15	10	4	11
Argyll and Bute	25	22	17	21
Clackmannanshire	2	4	-	2
Dumfries and Galloway	12	6	3	N/A
Dundee City	69	-	70	31
East Ayrshire	8	37	-	N/A
East Dunbartonshire	5	2	2	-
East Lothian	1	1	-	-
East Renfrewshire	3	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	N/A	38	10	13
Eilean Siar	-	N/A	N/A	N/A
Falkirk	10	6	8	34
Fife	38	42	34	N/A
Glasgow City	40	39	50	23
Highland	103	18	3	39
Inverclyde	9	19	12	18
Midlothian	-	5	6	4
Moray	-	1	-	13
North Ayrshire	36	36	36	30
North Lanarkshire	10²	N/A³	N/A³	N/A
Perth and Kinross	57	N/A	N/A³	26
Renfrewshire	129	57	59	104
Scottish Borders	1	3	3	1
South Ayrshire	2	46	18	114
South Lanarkshire	36	7	12	6
Stirling	7	N/A	N/A	N/A
West Dunbartonshire	26	22	30	12
West Lothian	4	6	25	48
Scotland	695	475	436	669

Notes:

“N/A” denotes data not available.

1. The numbers of fines which were partly remitted in 1999-2000 are included with the number of fully remitted fines in the first table – a separate breakdown of fully and partly remitted fines was not collected for that year.

2. Coatbridge only.

3. See footnote to corresponding figure of fully remitted fines in the first table.

Question reference: S2W-15723

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded offences and (b) convictions there have been under section 12 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 for cruelty to persons under 16, in each year since 1997.

The available information on crimes recorded by the police of cruelty and unnatural treatment of persons under 16 is given in the following table. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence the figures given in the table include all crimes of cruelty and unnatural treatment of persons under 16, including crimes recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question or under Common Law.

Number of Crimes Recorded by the Police of Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Persons Under 16, Scotland, 1997-2003

Year	Number of Crimes Recorded by the Police
1997	1,264
1998	1,263
1999	1,351
2000	1,124
2001	1,301
2002	1,407
2003	1,488

The available information on convictions for cruel and unnatural treatment of persons under 16 is given in the following table.

Number of Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Persons Under 16¹, Scotland, 1997-2003

Year	Number
1997	144
1998	154
1999	142
2000	138
2001	132
2002	156
2003²	194

Notes:

1. Where main offence. All cases involved an offence under section 12 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 apart from two cases in 1997 and one in 2000 where the main offence involved was the common law offence of cruel and unnatural treatment.

2. Includes estimated data.

The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course if judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Question reference: S2W-15856

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons had a charge proved for the motor vehicle offences (a) dangerous and careless driving, (b) drunk driving, (c) speeding, (d) unlawful use of vehicle, (e) vehicle defect offences, and (f) other offences in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following tables.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Motor Vehicle Offences¹, by Police Force Area, 1997-2003

Offence/Police Force Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³
Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	143	141	123	94	124	138	182
Dumfries and Galloway	282	191	256	172	144	197	207
Fife	358	254	185	161	236	237	210
Grampian	657	674	535	412	445	416	569
Lothian and Borders	633	527	356	323	420	457	507
Northern	448	330	288	223	273	308	405
Strathclyde	1,868	1,471	1,325	1,199	1,293	1,316	1,499
Tayside	343	320	301	232	282	350	448
Total	4,732	3,908	3,369	2,816	3,217	3,419	4,027
Drunk Driving
Central	424	383	371	393	298	640	537
Dumfries and Galloway	214	189	205	166	210	214	234
Fife	488	424	376	360	369	708	583
Grampian	948	895	840	784	811	920	1,012
Lothian and Borders	1,437	1,366	1,188	1,122	1,171	1,495	1,381
Northern	645	544	533	499	568	679	715
Strathclyde	3,710	2,869	2,830	2,784	2,725	3,430	3,017
Tayside	653	617	556	583	640	768	801
Total	8,519	7,287	6,899	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
Speeding
Central	638	701	939	838	768	713	859
Dumfries and Galloway	1,798	865	1,810	1,386	893	917	853
Fife	533	393	543	560	490	558	899
Grampian	1,411	1,827	1,800	1,519	1,205	1,090	1,249
Lothian and Borders	2,101	2,142	2,006	1,494	1,663	1,681	1,580
Northern	487	531	915	589	927	1,269	1,648
Strathclyde	3,859	3,943	4,594	3,567	2,353	1,701	2,840
Tayside	1,386	2,134	1,655	1,362	1,678	1,707	2,106
Total	12,213	12,536	14,262	11,315	9,977	9,636	12,034
Unlawful Use of Vehicle
Central	971	916	964	1,218	1,357	1,435	1,425
Dumfries and Galloway	575	478	517	475	474	545	527
Fife	1,488	1,687	1,448	1,539	1,632	1,770	1,897
Grampian	1,889	1,873	1,589	1,782	1,778	1,974	1,950
Lothian and Borders	3,667	3,699	3,097	3,257	3,336	3,416	3,525
Northern	765	588	547	592	505	661	675
Strathclyde	9,154	7,695	6,791	6,353	7,022	7,143	7,229
Tayside	1,830	1,836	1,685	1,706	1,700	1,948	2,229
Total	20,339	18,772	16,638	16,922	17,804	18,892	19,457
Vehicle Defect Offences
Central	235	195	161	131	132	147	95
Dumfries and Galloway	255	164	182	101	56	74	85
Fife	121	87	134	70	45	56	62
Grampian	402	456	276	190	117	190	253
Lothian and Borders	597	442	337	238	248	210	275
Northern	160	130	118	105	92	166	157
Strathclyde	1,154	871	566	575	428	349	429
Tayside	399	314	230	166	134	206	414
Total	3,323	2,659	2,004	1,576	1,252	1,398	1,770
Other offences
Central	321	280	227	437	399	446	320
Dumfries and Galloway	320	310	338	232	191	147	176
Fife	346	248	264	260	241	210	256
Grampian	595	654	700	697	448	355	344
Lothian and Borders	2,016	1,829	1,080	950	884	839	833
Northern	218	130	165	218	202	313	207
Strathclyde	2,915	2,675	2,979	2,352	2,354	2,043	1,673
Tayside	695	606	569	291	271	339	548
Total	7,426	6,732	6,322	5,437	4,990	4,692	4,357

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes a small number of cases where force is unknown.

3. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-15853

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons had a charge proved for (a) fire-raising and (b) vandalism etc., in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences¹, by Police Force Area, 1997-2003

Offence/Police Force Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Fire-Raising
Central	9	10	5	4	9	12	18
Dumfries and Galloway	4	6	7	2	6	4	4
Fife	10	10	8	13	14	15	20
Grampian	15	6	13	9	12	10	17
Lothian and Borders	22	19	15	15	16	22	29
Northern	5	14	7	5	8	8	16
Strathclyde	41	41	44	44	46	48	47
Tayside	13	16	9	11	9	16	15
Total	119	122	108	103	120	135	166
Vandalism etc.
Central	385	298	273	284	290	336	372
Dumfries and Galloway	140	118	112	159	105	155	189
Fife	384	347	283	292	322	250	301
Grampian	568	548	511	405	447	415	421
Lothian and Borders	738	628	586	558	560	587	495
Northern	303	320	277	257	276	281	392
Strathclyde	1,884	1,823	1,556	1,458	1,481	1,566	1,702
Tayside	430	441	409	433	416	405	467
Total	4,832	4,523	4,007	3,846	3,897	3,995	4,339

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-15722

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded offences and (b) convictions there have been under section 161 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 for possession of indecent photographs of children, in each year since 1991.

The available information on offences recorded by the police is given in the following table. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence the figures given in the table include all offences of handling obscene material, including offences relating to indecent photographs of adults or offences involving obscene material other than photographs.

Offences Recorded by Police of Handling Obscene Material, Scotland, 1991–2003

Year	Number of Offences Recorded
1991	391
1992	515
1993	514
1994	248
1995	240
1996	187
1997	108
1998	110
1999	89
2000	157
2001	169
2002	198
2003	402

The available information on convictions for handling obscene material is given in the following table.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Handling Obscene Material¹, 1991-2003

Year	Total	Of which Involving an Offence Under Section 52A of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982³
1991	10	-
1992	8	2
1993	6	-
1994	8	-
1995	8	-
1996	14	1
1997	8	-
1998	17	1
1999	13	1
2000	22	3
2001	21	3
2002	29	8
2003²	70	11

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

3. Offence introduced by section 161 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course if judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Question reference: S2W-15724

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded offences and (b) convictions there have been under section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 for physical punishment of children, in each year since 2003.

Section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 does not create any offences but lists the factors that may be considered where a person claims that something done to a child was a physical punishment carried out in exercise of a parental right or of a right derived from having charge or care of the child. In consequence there can be no recorded crime or convictions resulting from this section of the act.

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