Corporal punishment to continue on bare buttocks – gov’t :: Mmegi Online

With corporal punishment currently applied on bare buttocks, Minister of Justice Machana Shamukuni has revealed that the government has no intention to consider reviewing or amending Regulation Three of the Criminal Procedure.

Shamukuni was responding to a question at the ongoing 14th Meeting of the Fourth Ntlo Ya Dikgosi (NYC) yesterday. Kgosi Lotlamoreng II of Barolong had asked the minister if the government would consider amending the regulation and not inflict pain on the bare buttocks. He said the punishment should be on the back.

Shamukuni stated that government has no plans to reconsider the punishment. “Regulation three of Criminal Procedure (corporal punishment) which stipulates that corporal punishment shall be administered on the bare buttocks only and on no other part of the body, was drafted after due consultation with the public and medical consideration and advisement,” said the minister.

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