Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsWhipping in certain cases
| 22. In lieu of ordering any male person under the age of sixteen years to be fined or imprisoned, a Primary Court may order such person to be whipped in accordance with the provisions of the Corporal Punishment Ordinance and section 294 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 : Provided that a Judge of a Primary Court shall not have power to order more than six strokes with a light cane to be inflicted on any such person. |