Cook Islands

Criminal Procedure Act

COOK ISLANDS - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1980-81

PART II - SENTENCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTIES

119. Form of sentence in capital cases - (1) Where any person is sentenced to death the form of the sentence shall be that he shall suffer death in the manner prescribed by law.

(2) No variation in the form in which the sentence is pronounced shall affect the validity of the sentence.

(3) A sentence of death shall be carried out by hanging.

(4) The provisions set out in the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the carrying out of the sentence.

Keywords

National penalties - death sentence



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