1. At civil law reasonable force may be used to evict a trespasser.

2. The new ACT does, however, reclassify mouth swabs as non-intimate samples. Reasonable force may be used to take these.

3. And the statutes indicated that you could use reasonable force in terms of restraint so long as there was parental consent.

4. The petitioners say that reasonable force has been interpreted by the courts to include spanking, slapping, strapping, kicking, hitting with belts, sticks and extension cords and causing bruises, welts and abrasions