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The Whipping Act, 1909

( ACT NO. IV OF 1909 )

Juvenile offenders when punishable with whipping
5. Any juvenile offender who abets, commits or attempts to commit-
 
 
(a) any offence punishable under the Penal Code, except
 
 
offences specified in Chapter VI and in sections 153A and 505 of that Code and offences punishable with death, or
 
 
( b) any offence punishable under any other law with imprisonment which the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf,
 
 
may be punished with whipping in lieu of any other punishment to which he may for such offence, abetment or attempt be liable.
 
 
Explanation.-In this section the expression “juvenile offender” means an offender whom the Court, after making such enquiry (if any) as may be deemed necessary, shall find to be under sixteen years of age, the finding of the Court in all cases being final and conclusive.

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