Section 178

Restriction of rulemaking power in regard to corporal punishment.

The Army Act, 1950

  • Act 46 of 1950
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Department of Military Affairs
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the regular Army.

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    Rules made under section 177 shall not authorise corporal punishment to be inflicted for any offence, nor render the imprisonment more severe than it is under the law for the time being in force relating to civil prisons.

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