Where any person is sentenced to death, the sentence must direct that he must be hanged by the neck until he is dead but shall not state the place where nor the time when the sentence is to be carried out.
Section history
Section 316 — Judgment of death
As in force on 2 January 2020.
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- 2 January 2011 Enacted
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- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
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