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PART D -- WHIPPING
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[1. Cases in which whipping not permissible.- Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, the punishment of whipping cannot be awarded in addition to imprisonment when the term of imprisonment is less than three months; nor can it be imposed in the cases of females, or in the case of males sentenced to death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for over five years, or males whom the Court considers to be more than forty five years of age. The number of stripes must not exceed fifteen in the case of persons under sixteen and thirty in the case of others (vide sections 391-393 of the Code of the Criminal Procedure).
In cases under the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hadood) Ordinance, 1979, the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979 and Offence of Qazf (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance, 1979, the above mentioned provisions must be read subject to the modifications made by the said Laws.]
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