Singapore legislation
Regulation 58
Regulation 58
Corporal punishment
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to sentences of corporal punishment passed under section 71(1)(a) or 74(2)(b) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
The sentence of corporal punishment must not be carried out within 24 hours of the sentence being imposed, unless the Commissioner considers it necessary.
Subregulation 3
Corporal punishment must not be carried out in instalments.
Subregulation 4
The Superintendent of a prison and a medical officer for the prison must be present when corporal punishment is being carried out in the prison.
Subregulation 5
A rattan is to be used for all corporal punishments.
Subregulation 6
Any punishment with the rattan is to be inflicted in the following manner:
in the case of a prisoner who is not a juvenile — on his buttocks using a rattan that is no more than 1.25 centimetres in diameter;
in the case of a prisoner who is a juvenile — on his buttocks using a light rattan.
Subregulation 7
The medical officer mentioned in paragraph (4) may give any direction for preventing injury to other parts of the prisoner’s body that the medical officer considers necessary.