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Section 327 — Time of executing sentence of caning

As in force on 31 December 2021.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Revised edition in force 31 December 2021

The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.

327.Time of executing sentence of caning

(1)Where an accused is sentenced to caning in addition to imprisonment, the caning must not be inflicted —

(a)until after the expiry of the time within which notice of appeal may be given under this Code, or any extension of time which may be permitted under this Code; or

(b)if notice is so given, until after the determination of the appeal.

(2)The caning must be inflicted as soon as practicable after the time prescribed in subsection (1) has expired.