Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 139A
139A. Any public officer or servant or any other person acting
in an official capacity who intentionally inflicts on a person severe
pain or suffering, wheth er physical or mental -
(a) for the purpose of obtaining from him or a third person
information or a confession; or
(b) for the purpose of punishing him for an act he or a
third person has committed or is suspected of having
committed; or
(c) for the purpose of intimidating him or a third person or
of coercing him or a third person to do, or to omit to
do, any act; or
(d) for any reason based on disc rimination of any kind,
shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from five
to nine years:
Provided that no offence is committed where pain or
suffering arises only from, or i s inherent in or incidental to, lawful
sanctions or measures:
Provided further that nothing in this article shall affect the
applicability of other provisions of this Code or of any other law
providing for a higher punishment.
Additional
punishment of
interdiction.
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