FORM No. 42

WARRANT OF EXECUTION OF A SENTENCE OF DEATH[CD1] 

2[(See sections 413 and 414)]

To the Officer in charge of the Jail at

 

WHEREAS                          (name of the prisoner), the (1st, 2nd, 3rd, as the case may be) Prisoner in case No. of the Calendar for 19    at the Session held before me on the        day of         , 19         , has been by a warrant of the Court, dated the     day of                , committed to your custody under sentence of death;              and whereas the order of the High Court at                    confirming the said sentence has been received by this Court;

 

This is to authorise and require you to carry the said sentence into execution by causing the said                                                                  to be hanged by the neck until he be dead, at                                                      (time and place of execution), and to return this warrant to the Court with an endorsement certifying that the sentence has been executed.

 

Dated, this                   day of                        , 19  .

 

(Seal of the Court)                                                             (Signature)


 

1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 35 for “(See section 386)” (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).

2. Subs. by s. 35, ibid., for “(See section 414)” (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).

 [CD1]FORM No. 42

WARRANT OF EXECUTION OF A SENTENCE OF DEATH