Section 17

17. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking, as defined in Sections 443 anrl 445 of the sGd Code, in order to the cornn~itting of any offence puiiisl,al,lc with x7liipping uuder this Bect,ion. 13, Lurlring house- trespass by iiight or house-l~realiing by night, :l.s defined ill Sections 444 and 446 of the said Code, in order to the cot~~riiit t i ~ ~ g of ally oEcnce punishable wit11 ~vhipl~ing under this Section. TT. Ally jnvcnilc offender wlio corllmits any offcncc whicli is iiot, by tile Indian Penal Code puuisha\~le ~ ~ i t h death, inn?, 1~7hetlier .Tnvenilo Offenders pilr~ishalde >\it11 \vlliy~)ing for o5encos not for a first or any other ofFence, be punishecl xvir h w i - ~ i p p i ~ ~ ~ l)~~i~i~liai.le nith death. in lieu of any other puiiishnlent to which hc nlny for such offence he liable under tlle saicl Cocle. TI. TVhenever any local Governlnent sliall by notificn.tion in the 0ficia.l U',,ell o,fel,ccs a,,ecified Gazette have declared the provisions of lhis Section to Seetioil allippillg ITr may Frontier he ynniallod be in force in any Frontier District or nilp wil tl tract of tpicts a:id wild tractu. country within the jurisdiction of such local Governlnelit, ariy perso" wllo shall in such district or tract of country after such 1icltific.ation as aforesaid commit ally of tlie offences specified in Section IV of this Act,, may be 11~1uished n~it~h whipping in lieu of any other puuishment to which he may be lin1:lc ul-lder the Indian Penal Cocle. VII. No VII. No fcrnsle sliail lie punished tuith wl~ippi~ig, nor shsll auy i?CrSOn mlio may be serttenced to rlcath, or to t.ransportation, OY to Exeii~ption of females. penal servitude, or to iml~risonrncnt for more th:tn live years, be punisl~ed wit11 whipping VIII. No sentence of whipping shall be passed by any Officer inferior to a OSc,.r:, inferior t o Sc!,orSubordi~late Magistrate of the first class, u n l ~ ~ r : he sl;all dinate 3ls:;i~tr:~te of the 1st Class not to pass sentence of l~sve &en expressly empowered by the local Govertlment wliil)ping unless expressly empowereci 1 ) ~ Goveniment. to pass sentences of !~hipping. IX. TVhe11 the punisl~ment of whi~pinp is av~nrded in additio!~ to impriscl~~- irieilt., by a, Court wbose sentence is open to revision hy n \Yhipping if awa~dcd in 211.ditiol~ to imprisomnerit., 3vllen sul?erior Court, tlie wllipping shall not be i~iflictcct until to be inflicted. fift,cen tla.ys from tllc date of such sentence: or if alz appeal be made witliin t11:it time, uilttil the sentence is confirmed by tlle supel~ior C0u1.t~: but the whippiog s h ~ l l be inflicted ilnrl~ediately on the expiry of the fifteen days, or in case of appcal irr11lledi:ltely it11 the reccipt uf the orrlcr of the Court confirrning the seiltence if suc;ll order shall not bc received \vithin the fifteeli days. X. In the case of an adult, the pu~isl~mcnt of whipping shall 11e inflicted Xode of inflicting the punishwit,li S L I C ~ i~lstrumcnt in such laode. and on such part of ment. the 1xrson as 1-he local Governn~ent ..;!la11 direct, and in t,he c.n.se of a ju.i.c?:ilc: oflender, it shall be i~iflictecl in the \ira.y `oi'` school cliscipline nyith a light rattan. In no case, if' ilie cat of nine tails be the inst.rumcnt, cl~jployed, sl~all t.he puiiishlnent of ~~-11ipljing :-cscec?ct ollc hundred and fifty lashes, or if the rattall be c,~nployed sl:a11 the punisl~~l~ e nt xceed tki~.t*p atripcs. 'Ihe 13Llnishment shall be inflicted in the presc,l?ce of `LL` Justice of the Pcirce, or of all Ofice, autllorizeO to exercise :lily of the powers of a %lt~gist~ratc, 2nd also, unless the Court wllich the sentence ~1;:111 otherwise o~der, in t,hc presence of a Medical Officer, XI. No sentence of ~vhil3ping sllall be c:lrried into esctrution unless a Xtedical Officer, if present, cel-tifiesj or u111ess it apl3c:u.s Punisliuent not to Ire. inflict. ifofender not ill fit $trite of tci the? Jus~icc! of tlic Pe:icc: or other Officer l?resent., t1in.t healtll. the ofti:nder is in a fit stnt.e of l.iealth to undcl~po t.lie yuni$lment ; and if during tlie execut.ion of a scotence of whipping, 3 :\idical Officer certifies, 01. i t nppenrs to tlie Oflicer l>l.cscnt, that the offender is ~loi, in 3. fit stt~tc of liealt,h to uildergo ;be rr.rnaiuder of the pur~ishXor 11). instalments. ment, executioil sllall be stagred. Xo sent.eace of whipping &all bc execut,ed by instalments. XII. In ACT NO. VT OF 1864. XII. XII. 111 ally case io which, nilcler the la:& preceding Section of this Act, no p a t of a seilte~lce of' whipping is ca~ried into ., execu- . Procedol.e if p~ulisllillo~~t callnot l,e infiictedmlr\er t l ~ c last tion, the offel~cle~ shall be kept in custody ti].). the Court Section. \vhich passecl the seilteilce (;i-tn revise it, a n d the said Court may, at it,s clisci:et:ion, eiiller orcler ill0 fiscl~asge of ;he oKender, 01: sei~tence hill1 in lieu of' whipling to i~llprisonmellt for any period, - which. may be in addition to any o t h e ~ punishnlcnt to which he nlay have beell. selltcilcetl for the same oiYence ; pro-v-itled that t11c who1.e period 0-1' inlyl.is;onrnent shall not e,xceed that to which .the offender is lia,bie w ~ d e r the provisions of .t;lle Inclian Penal Cocle, or that which the a i d Court is compeke1l.t $0 award.