Tanzania
Corporal Punishment Act
Corporal Punishment Order, 1930
Government Notice 74 of 1930
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
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This Order may be cited as the Corporal Punishment Order.2.
Corporal punishment shall be inflicted upon adults on the bare buttocks with a light rattan cane which is free from knots. The cane shall be not less than half an inch and not more than five-eighths of an inch in diameter and shall not exceed forty-two inches in length.3.
Corporal punishment shall be inflicted upon juveniles on the bare buttocks and with a rattan cane which is free from knots and is of a lighter type than that used for adults. The cane shall be not less than one-quarter of an inch and not more than three-eighths of an inch in diameter and shall not exceed thirty-six inches in length.4.
During the infliction of corporal punishment, the person undergoing punishment shall be so secured that he cannot, by reason of the movement of his body, cause the strokes to fall upon any other part of his body than that upon which they are to be inflicted in accordance with this Order.5.
During the infliction of corporal punishment, a piece of thin cotton cloth soaked in an antiseptic solution shall be kept spread over the buttocks of the person undergoing the punishment.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation