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Act of Parliament

Corporal Punishment (Repeal) Act 2005

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Corporal Punishment

(Repeal) Act, No. 23 of 2005.

s 2Repeal of Corporal Punishment Ordinance (Chapter 21)

The Corporal Punishment Ordinance (Chapter 21) is hereby repealed.

s 3Sentence of whipping deemed to be omitted from other written laws

Wherever in any written law, there is included as part of a sentence to be imposed by Court in respect of any offence, a sentence of whipping, such law shall from and after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to be amended by the omission therefrom of such part of such sentence as relates to whipping.

s 4Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.