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Section 329 — Mode of executing sentence of caning

As in force on 31 December 2021.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  3. 31 July 2026 Act 5 of 2024
  4. 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.

329.Mode of executing sentence of caning

(1)The Minister may make rules to prescribe the mode of carrying out the sentence of caning.

(2)Caning is to be inflicted on such part of the person as the Minister from time to time generally directs.

(3)The rattan must not be more than 1.27 centimetres in diameter.

(4)In the case of a juvenile, caning is to be inflicted with a light rattan.