Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXVII · Sentences and the Carrying Out of IT
289. Sentence of whipping forbidden in certain cases
Feedback & supportNo sentence of whipping shall be executed by instalments, and none of the following persons shall be punishable with whipping:
(a)
females;
(b)
males sentenced to death;
(c)
males whom the Court considers to be more than fifty years of age, except males sentenced to whipping under section 376, 377C, 377CA or 377E of the Penal Code.
Court
Defined · s 2
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
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