Corporal punishment

(1) All corporal punishment shall be attended by the Superintendent and the Medical Officer. (2) The Medical Officer shall immediately before the punishment is inflicted examine the prisoner and satisfy himself that he is mentally and physically fit to undergo the punishment, and shall make such recommendations for preventing injury to 39 the prisoner’s health as he may deem necessary, and the Superintendent shall carry such recommendations into effect. (3) At any time after the infliction of the punishment has begun the Medical Officer may, if he deems it necessary in order to prevent injury to the prisoner’s health, recommend that no further punishment be inflicted, and the Superintendent shall thereupon remit the remainder of the punishment. (4) The Superintendent shall enter in the corporal punishment book the number of lashes or strokes inflicted and any remission which he may have ordered. (5) Every instrument used for the infliction of corporal punishment shall be of a pattern approved by the Minister.