THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ACT V OF 1898)
PART VI
PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS'
CHAPTER XXVIII
OF EXECUTION
394. Whipping not to be inflicted if offender not in fit state of health. (1) The punishment of whipping shall not be inflicted unless a medical officer, if present, certifies or if there is not a medical officer present, unless it appears to the Magistrate or officer present that the offender is in a fit state of health to undergo such punishment.
(2) Stay of execution. If during the execution of a sentence of whipping, a medical officer certifies, or it appears to the Magistrate or officer present, that the offender is not in a fit state of health to undergo the sentence, the whipping shall be finally stopped.
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