Abolition of Death Penalty with Special Reference to Pakistan Part 2

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shagufta Omar
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Death Penalty

Witchcraft and Colonial Legislation

Africa ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Clifton Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
District Commissioner

Opening ParagraphThe object of this paper is to provide an answer to two questions:(i) Is the colonial legislation on witchcraft (with special reference to Kenya Colony) satisfactory? and(ii) If any alteration is desirable, what form should this take, and why?The Kenya Colony Witchcraft Ordinance No. 23/1925 imposes the penalty of imprisonment for periods up to 10 years for various offences and fines up to 1,000 s. with or without imprisonment (Secs. 2-8). Deportation (Sec.9) can be ordered by a District Commissioner. Under Section 11 the liability to the death penalty where murder has been committed by witchcraft is unimpaired.

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