Singapore legislation
Section 229
Section 229
Mode of executing such sentence
Amended byS 267/85
(1)
When the accused is sentenced to caning the number of strokes shall be specified in the sentence. In no case shall the caning awarded at any one trial exceed 24 strokes in the case of an adult or 10 strokes in the case of a youthful offender, anything in any Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Amended byS 267/85
(2)
Caning shall be inflicted on such part of the person as the Minister from time to time generally directs.
(3)
The rattan shall be not more than 1.27 centimetres in diameter.
(4)
In the case of a youthful offender caning shall be inflicted with a light rattan. [228