Chandigarh · 1957 · Act 25
THE PUNJAB ABOLITION OF WHIPPING ACT, 1957
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1. Short title.
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1THE PUNJAB ABOLITION OF WHIPPING
ACT, 1957,
Punjab Act No. 25 of 1957,
1 2 3 4
Year No. Short title Whether repealed or otherwise
affected by legislation
1957 XXV The Punjab Abolition {Amended by the Punjab Reorganis a-
of Whipping Act, tion (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of
1957 Laws on State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968
AN
ACT
to provide for the abolition of whippinng asa punishment
and to amend the existing State Laws for this purpose.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Punjab in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as
f ollows
1. This Act may be called the: Punjab Abolition Short title.
of Whipping Act, 1957.
2. (1) The punishment of whipping as provided Abolition
in any law with respect to any ofthe matters specified
in the State and Concurrent Lists of the Seventh Schedule
to the Constitution of India is hereby abolished.
Abolition of
(2) If at the commencement of this Act any sentence
of whipping imposed upon any offender by a Court or
other authority under any law referred to in sub-section
(1) has not been executed for any reasons, Whether wholly
or partially, the offender shall be dealt with in the manner
provided in section 395 of the Code of Criminal Proce-
dure, 1898, as if that section had not been repealed by the.
Abolition of Whipping Act, 1955 (Act No. 44 of 1955)
:For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extra.
ordinary), 1957, page 651.