Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XXV
257. Mode of executing sentence of whipping
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When the accused is sentenced to whipping, the instrument to be used and the number of strokes shall be specified in the sentence. In no case shall the whipping exceed 24 strokes in the case of an adult or 18
strokes in the case of a youthful offender, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding.
youthful offender
"youthful offender" includes any child convicted of an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment who, in the absence of legal proof to the contrary, is above the age of 7 years and under the age of 18 years in the opinion of the Court before which such child is convicted.
Whipping shall be inflicted on such part of the person as the
Permanent Secretary to the Ofice of the Prime Minister* from time to time generally directs.
The rattan shall be not more than half an inch in diameter.
In the case of a youthful offender, whipping shall be inflicted in the way of school discipline with a light rattan.
When a person is convicted at one trial of any two or more distinct offences, any two or more of which are legally punishable by whipping, the combined sentences of whipping awarded by the Court for any such offences shall not, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding, exceed a total number of 24 strokes in the case of adults and 18 strokes in the case of youthful offenders.
Terms defined in s 2
youthful offender
Defined · s 2"youthful offender" includes any child convicted of an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment who, in the absence of legal proof to the contrary, is above the age of 7 years and under the age of 18 years in the opinion of the Court before which such child is convicted.
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