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'National penalties - death sentence' in document 'Malawi - Penal code'

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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS

26. Sentence of death

(1) When any person is sentenced to death the sentence shall direct that he shall suffer death in the manner authorized by law. The manner authorized by law shall be death by hanging, or in case of treason such other manner as the Minister may by warrant in the particular case prescribe, at such place as may be directed by the Minister and specified in the death warrant, whether within or without the prison in which the convicted person is detained.