No 254 of
the 25th hour 1896
of heaven therefore to request you
allow me the Existing Ruler to alter/modify
be modified in accordance
as follows
with the following instructions.
22 (a) Floggings shall be ordered
by
the Act Supt of the Govt
on his own
authority only in
absence, or other inability
of the Superintendent through
the absence, or other inability
of the Superintendent to confirm
the sentence.
Where a
(b) Not flogging is ordered by the
Superintendent
or the
the Act
Superintendent, no instrument
of flogging shall be used
whether for adult or for
juveniles other
than
the
birch, and the maximum
number of strokes in all
such cases shall be
twelve for an adult &
six for
a child.
Where a
(c) In the case of flogging
is inflicted by
order of the
Visiting Justices
a cat o' nine tails
of a pattern
the
approved by
may be used, and the maximum
number of strokes in all
cases shall be
twenty four,
that
being
DRAFT.
Mr.
MINUTE.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Ir. Graham.
Sir E. Wingfield.
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain,
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