Rule52.(i) When whipping is awarded in addition to an imprisonment an entry shall be made in red ink in the release register, on the page of the day on which the prisoner is to receive stripes. Should this date be uncertain, owing to an appeal being lodged, two or three forward entries shall be made as a reminder that the prisoner is to be brought up at the proper time to receive stripes. [(ii) Procedure of whipping shall be the same as prescribed under the Whipping Ordinance 1979 and Whipping Rules 1979] Execution of sentence of whipping only. Rule53. When the accused is sentenced to whipping, only, the sentence shall be executed at such place and time as the court may direct. Under the Criminal Procedure Code as now revised all whipping sentences are appealable. The oourt does not, however, in the case of sentence of whipping only, provide for any postponement of execution unless the convicted person furnishes bail to the satisfaction of the court for his appearance at a later date; In the case of prisoners received in prison with sentence of whipping only, the sentence should be executed at the time specified in the warrant. If no time is mentioned in the warrant, then the sentence should be executed as soon as possible. The fact that the prisoner may express to the prison authority an intention to appeal does not justify them in delaying execution of the sentence. Execution of sentence imprisonment. of whipping in addition to Rule54. When a person is sentenced to whipping in, addition to an imprisonment, the whipping shall not be effected until fifteen days from the date of the sentence or if an appeal is preferred within that time until the sentence has been confirmed by the appellate court. If no intimation of an appeal having been preferred is received within fifteen days the Superintendent shall nevertheless allow such further time to elapse as is necessary for a communication from the appellate court to reach him in the ordinary course, before inflicting the whipping. The whipping shall be inflicted as soon as practicable after the expiry of the period fixed under this rule or if an appeal is preferred then as soon as practicable after the receipt of the order of the appellate court confirming the sentence. The whipping shall be inflicted in the presence of the Superintendent unless the Judge or Coordination Officer orders it to be inflicted in his own presence. If 20

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