Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXVII · Sentences and the Carrying Out of IT
288. Mode of executing such sentence
Feedback & supportWhen the accused is sentenced to whipping the number of strokes shall be specified in the sentence. In no case shall the whipping exceed twenty-four strokes in the case of an adult or ten strokes in the case of a youthful offender, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding.
youthful offender
“youthful offender” means a person convicted of an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment who is of or above the age of eighteen and below the age of twenty-one.
Whipping shall be inflicted on such part of the person as the
Minister charged with responsibility for public order from time to time generally directs.
The rattan used for whipping shall be not more than half an inch in diameter.
In the case of an accused sentenced to whipping for an offence under section 403, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409 or 420 of the Penal Code, or a youthful offender, whipping shall be inflicted in the way of school discipline with a light rattan.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
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 twenty-four strokes in the case of adults and ten strokes in the case of youthful offenders.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;