Section 290
Medical Officer’s certificate required
ActIn forceProvision 246 of 411
Section 290
(1)
The punishment of whipping shall not be inflicted unless a
Medical Officer is present and certifies that the offender is in a fit state of health to undergo such punishment.
(2)
If, during the execution of a sentence of whipping, a Medical
Officer certifies that the offender is not in a fit state of health to undergo the remainder of the sentence the whipping shall be finally stopped.
(3)
Where whipping is inflicted under section 293 a Medical Officer need not be present, but such whipping shall not be inflicted unless it appears to the Court that the offender is in a fit state of health to undergo the same.