R. v. FITINA S/O NCHUMBA (1968) HCD 470
“It is appreciated that the learned magistrate’s motive was to spare the accused the more severe and degrading punishment of imprisonment. Nevertheless, insofar as corporal punishment is concerned, a person of the age of 16 years or over is an adult, upon whom the award of corporal punishment is prohibited save for one of the offences mentioned in the schedule to the Corporal Punishment Ordinance, Cap. 17”.
“It is appreciated that the learned magistrate’s motive was to spare the accused the more severe and degrading punishment of imprisonment. Nevertheless, insofar as corporal punishment is concerned, a person of the age of 16 years or over is an adult, upon whom the award of corporal punishment is prohibited save for one of the offences mentioned in the schedule to the Corporal Punishment Ordinance, Cap. 17”.
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