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High Court Judge overturns Flogging Law

25 October 2024
This content originally appeared on The New Today.

“…It is declared and ordered as follows:- (1) The punishment of flogging authorised by sections 70, 75, 78, 79, 95, 212 and 276 of the Criminal Code and section 16 of the Praedial Larceny Act are unconstitutional as they contravene section 13 of the Constitution’s prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex.”