Section 382Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman

In forcePart VI PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONSChapter XXVIII OF EXECUTION

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Part VI PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS

Chapter XXVIII OF EXECUTION

s. 382

382. Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court Division shall order the execution of the sentence to be postponed, and may, if it thinks fit, commute the sentence to [transportation for life].

425. The words "transportation for life" construed as a reference to "imprisonment for life" by section 3 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)

End of s. 382. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

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