Abolition of corporal punishment Act, 1997 - wikipedia Abolition of corporal punishment Act, 1997 Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 Act to provide for the abolishment of corporal punishment authorised in legislation ; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Citation Act No. 33 of 1997 Enacted by Parliament of South Africa Date assented to 28 August 1997 Date commenced 5 September 1997 Status : Spent The Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 ( Act No. 33 of 1997 ) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that abolished judicial corporal punishment. It followed the Constitutional Court 's 1995 decision in the case of S v Williams and Others that caning of juveniles was unconstitutional. Although the ruling in S v Williams was limited to the corporal punishment of males under the age of 21, Justice Langa mentioned in dicta that there was a consensus that corporal punishment of adults was also unconstitutional. 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that `` any law which authorises corporal punishment by a court of law, including a court of traditional leaders, '' is repealed to the extent that it authorises such a punishment.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, including the Black Administration Act, the Magistrates ' Courts Act and the Criminal Procedure Act, to remove references to corporal punishment. References Jump up ^ `` Section 13 : The abolition of JCP ''. Judicial Corporal Punishment in South Africa. World Corporal Punishment Research. 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2011. Jump up ^ S v Williams and Others ( 1995 ) ZACC 6 at para. 10, 1995 ( 3 ) SA 632, 1995 ( 7 ) BCLR 861 ( 9 June 1995 ), Constitutional Court ( South Africa ) External links Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abolition_of_Corporal_Punishment_Act,_1997&oldid=742293306 '' Categories : South African legislation Penal system in South Africa 1997 in South African law Corporal punishments Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 October 2016, at 21 : 20. About Wikipedia

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