Section 257
Mode of executing sentence of whipping
(1)
When the accused is sentenced to whipping, the instrument to be used and the number of strokes shall be specified in the sentence. In no case shall the whipping exceed 24 strokes in the case of an adult or 18
strokes in the case of a youthful offender, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding.
(2)
Whipping shall be inflicted on such part of the person as the
Permanent Secretary to the Ofice of the Prime Minister* from time to time generally directs.
(3)
The rattan shall be not more than half an inch in diameter.
(4)
In the case of a youthful offender, whipping shall be inflicted in the way of school discipline with a light rattan.
(5)
When a person is convicted at one trial of any two or more distinct offences, any two or more of which are legally punishable by whipping, the combined sentences of whipping awarded by the Court for any such offences shall not, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding, exceed a total number of 24 strokes in the case of adults and 18 strokes in the case of youthful offenders.