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Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997

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The act contains two substantive sections. The first provides that "any law which authorises corporal punishment by a court of law, including a court of traditional leaders," is repealed to the extent that it authorises such a punishment. The second makes specific textual amendments various statutes,
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Act to provide for the abolishment of corporal punishment authorised in legislation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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that there was a consensus that corporal punishment of adults was also unconstitutional.
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was limited to the corporal punishment of males under the age of 21, Justice
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of juveniles was unconstitutional. Although the ruling in
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Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act

Parliament of South Africa
Long title
Parliament of South Africa
Spent
act
Parliament of South Africa
judicial corporal punishment
Constitutional Court
S v Williams and Others
caning
Langa
dicta
Black Administration Act
Magistrates' Courts Act
Criminal Procedure Act
"Section 13: The abolition of JCP"
[1995] ZACC 6
Constitutional Court
Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997
Categories
South African legislation
Penal system in South Africa
1997 in South African law
Corporal punishments

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