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choke, suffocate, or strangle, attempt to reader audy other person insensible, unconscious or incapable of resistance, with intent in such cases thereby

to enable himself or

any

6 commit or with intent in

cases

other person any with intent in any of such thereby to assist any other person in

Committing any

indictable offence. The Supreme Court in addition to the punishment now awarded for such offences may direct that the offender if a male be once, twice or thrice privately whipped. I. क

case

a

I

Sec. I of Ord.

of any offender whose age dow Fest sub- not exceed 16 years the number of strokes 12 of 1865. at each such whipping shall not ècceed

twenty five.

In case

Seeb. Sec.

of every other mate offender Pub. S. 2.

the number of strokes shall, unless when

in this Ordinance, not

otherwise specified in

exced

VI

3 of 3 of 1881

fifty at each euch whipping

It shall not be lawful to dec. Jeff

seubeuce of whipping on the back, and every sentence of whipping

Award

any

shall

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shall prescribe the mumber of strokes

of stro and shall provide that such whipping shall be inflicted with a rattan on the breech, privately in prison and within six months of the sentence.

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