This precedent set by the Chief Justice became a benchmark for sentences in molest cases, where the court is expected to sentence a molester to at least nine months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane if the offence involves touching the victim's private parts. They may thereafter be placed in homes which also house juvenile offenders. Archived from the original on 17 May A maximum of ten strokes may be inflicted. Retrieved 6 December Namespaces Article Talk. Retrieved 10 May This is a common practice in some Asian countries such as Singapore, China, Malaysia on both boys and girls.

Member states of the Convention on the Rights of the Child are obliged to "take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse. From to , the cane was frequently used on boy inmates and less routinely for girls inmates, at the British youth reformatories known as approved schools. Riverclub: Africa Transpersonal Association. Len However, Singapore is not signatory to the Convention. The frequency and severity of caning in educational settings have varied greatly, often being determined by the written rules or unwritten traditions of the school. Views Read Edit View history. Singapore: Ministry of Home Affairs.

Views Read Edit View history. In Malaysia , the Education Ordinance specifically outlaws the caning of girls in school. New York Newsday , 20 April [55]. Usually, the buttocks will be covered with blood after three strokes. See also: Judicial corporal punishment. The offender is tied to the trestle in a bent-over position with his feet together. The Mirror. Retrieved 7 June Retrieved 19 August

Archived from the original on 10 February However, on 9 May , the High Court ruled that the courts should not automatically impose an additional jail term in lieu of caning unless there are reasons to do so. In , when Singapore's first Prime Minister , Lee Kuan Yew , introduced caning as a mandatory punishment for vandalism, he said in Parliament , "[ The recipients are aged about 15 and all dressed in T-shirt and tracksuit pants, not their school uniform. Each time the guy got wacked [sic] the crowd would roar — like at a hockey game. Retrieved 8 July Retrieved 17 November It was in between the two. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

It can be divided into several contexts: judicial, prison, reformatory, military, school, and domestic. Pretoria: Unisa Press. November Campaigns against corporal punishment. The Ministry of Education MOE states that corporal punishment is allowed for serious or repeated misconduct under the Education Schools Regulations, and adds that counselling and follow-up guidance should be carried out. This form of punishment is legal in Singapore, but not particularly encouraged by the authorities, and parents are likely to be charged with child abuse if the child is injured. Archived from the original on 28 January Such a caning would typically leave the offender with uncomfortable weals and bruises lasting for many days after the immediate intense pain had worn off. New Straits Times.

Canada Ingraham v. It was in between the two. The Guardian. Some schools tuck a protective item e. Goody Feed. Boys under 15 could be caned on the hands or the bottom; boys of 15 and over were to be caned only on the clothed buttocks. Canings in school may be sorted into these categories: []. The offender must be certified by a medical officer to be in a fit condition of health to undergo the punishment [96] and shall wear "protective clothing" as prescribed. Singapore Statutes Online. Similarly, juvenile delinquents in reformatories may be punished by caning for serious offences.

Archived from the original on 12 May For the technique used for weaving furniture, see Caning furniture. Member states of the Convention on the Rights of the Child are obliged to "take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse. Domestic School Judicial. Archived from the original on 8 May Archived from the original on 26 January Antiseptic lotion gentian violet is applied on the wounds. This precedent set by the Chief Justice became a benchmark for sentences in molest cases, where the court is expected to sentence a molester to at least nine months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane if the offence involves touching the victim's private parts. Corporal punishment has theoretically been outlawed in South African schools since the mids, but the ban is not much enforced by the authorities, especially perhaps in the case of private schools such as this one.

Retrieved 4 September The caning officer carefully positions himself beside the trestle and takes aim with the cane. If he is too far, the stroke will only cover part of the buttocks. See Military Caning in Singapore. A recipient of 10 strokes said, "The pain was beyond description. For the technique used for weaving furniture, see Caning furniture. Archived from the original on 17 May But After That Archived from the original on 16 November Archived from the original on 8 May

The caning officer carefully positions himself beside the trestle and takes aim with the cane. Retrieved 16 November The western educational use of caning dates principally to the late nineteenth century. Retrieved 8 September The Director of Prisons explained in a press conference, "Correct positioning is critically important. Retrieved 3 June During this time, offenders cannot sit down or lie down on their backs, and experience difficulties controlling their bowels. A prison officer confirms with him the number of strokes he has been sentenced to. He looks to be toward the top end of the age range of this school, or maybe he is just rather tall: at any rate he is taller than the staff member punishing him.

If he is too far, the stroke will only cover part of the buttocks. Archived from the original on 23 September From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. No alcohol and women — apart from those two things, prison is really not that bad. RedWire Times Singapore. Retrieved 27 August Christchurch, New Zealand. The recipients are aged about 15 and all dressed in T-shirt and tracksuit pants, not their school uniform. It takes place in an otherwise empty classroom. Retrieved 19 December

The boys are seen in rows lying face down on the ground, and a teacher -- allegedly the principal, Mr Chin Kiau, though I have no way of verifying that -- goes along the row of boys with his cane, giving each student one stroke on the backside. Archived from the original on 12 May Nevertheless they accept the chastisement without demur, and are clearly familiar with the procedure: each assumes exactly the same position without being told, facing the wall and putting their hands on a wall-mounted red box which looks as if it could be a public telephone. The Singaporean government has defended its stance on judicial caning and said that the punishment does not amount to torture and is conducted under strict standards and medical supervision. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Five video clips of school canings in Malaysia. The punishment may be administered by only the Principal or any staff member under the Principal's express authority, usually the Vice Principal, Discipline Master, Operations Manager, or any other legally authorised member of the school's Disciplinary Committee. Archived from the original on 17 February

Domestic School Judicial. Some schools may seek parental or guardian consent before administering the punishment. Archived from the original on 18 February Archived from the original on 8 August Retrieved 4 September Bleeding from the buttocks may still occur in the days after the caning. Canada Ingraham v. A prison officer confirms with him the number of strokes he has been sentenced to.

The caned lad, after politely holding the door open for the cameraperson behind him, walks calmly enough back to his class pictured right. All Singapore Stuff. In , the number of caning sentences ordered by the courts was 3, Archived from the original on 17 November The culprits come forward in turn from an area out of view to the right of the picture. Retrieved 13 September February Singapore: KRP Publications. Caning is not imposed on first-time offenders who use delible substances e. Certain schools adopt special practices.

Archived from the original on 25 March Retrieved 23 December He has protective padding secured around his lower back to protect the kidney and lower spine area from strokes that land off-target. Retrieved 6 June Saint Andrew's Secondary School. They included robbery , aggravated forms of theft , burglary , assault with the intention of sexual abuse , a second or subsequent conviction of rape , a second or subsequent offence relating to prostitution , and living on or trading in prostitution. For example, in an year-old molester was initially sentenced to six months' imprisonment but he appealed against his sentence. Riverclub: Africa Transpersonal Association.

Singapore Statutes Online. He then pulls the cane back and delivers a moderately solid stroke across the culprit's buttocks. Archived from the original on 26 January The boys are seen in rows lying face down on the ground, and a teacher -- allegedly the principal, Mr Chin Kiau, though I have no way of verifying that -- goes along the row of boys with his cane, giving each student one stroke on the backside. Retrieved 25 September Particularly, boys and girls [52] who absconded were given a maximum caning of 8 strokes on the clothed bottom immediately on return to the school, and a statistical study found that this could be an effective deterrent. Archived from the original on 29 January January to October only [31]. The Star. Superficial bruises and weals may appear on the buttocks and last for a few days after the punishment.

The Straits Times. In the last few frames it appears that the four boys being dealt with may be the only ones present in the room, making this perhaps our first-ever glimpse of "private office caning" as opposed to the sometimes rather less serious classroom canings we have seen in many other clips. Archived from the original on 10 October This practice is allowed in Singapore but not encouraged by the government. Archived from the original on 26 June The Age. Archived from the original on 1 December I think this maybe is not a classroom; it could be part of the school office, with what appears to be a conference table serving as the place of punishment. Under MOE regulations, a maximum of three strokes [] may be inflicted using a light rattan cane.

New York: The Chicago foundation for the advancement of teaching. Officially, whipping , in accordance with traditional British legislative terminology. Supreme Court Judgements. Archived from the original on 4 July Archived from the original on 13 October Retrieved 5 June In some schools, corporal punishment was administered solely by the headmaster , while in others the task was delegated to other teachers. Those present are the student being disciplined, the caning operator, a teacher standing to one side who observes the proceedings, and the person who took the film there is reason to think this could be another errant student who had his turn just previously.

The student may be caned only on either the palm of the hand or the buttocks over clothing. Chief Justice Yong Pung How not only dismissed his appeal, but also added three strokes of the cane to the sentence. No great ceremony is made of it and clearly nobody has been compelled to watch: some of the bystanders appear to take no notice of it, suggesting that this is a routine performance. Wright S v Williams Tyrer v. Archived from the original on 19 July This is a mixed school, with girls visible, but all the culprits here are male. If he is certified fit, he proceeds to receive his punishment; if he is certified unfit, he is sent back to the court for the sentence to be remitted or converted to additional time in prison. During the caning, if the medical officer certifies that the offender is not in a fit state of health to undergo the rest of the punishment, the caning must be stopped.

Gopal Baratham , a Singaporean neurosurgeon and opponent of the practice, in his book The Caning of Michael Fay: The Inside Story by a Singaporean , criticised the American tabloid press for false claims, such as that canings are public events in fact they always take place privately inside the prison :. Before the rules, there was a case where several teenage girls aged 13 and above were severely tawsed up to 12 strokes on the seat, with their skirts lifted up. Retrieved 10 January Archived from the original on 28 January As Singapore evolves, some citizens may perceive that schools are refraining from using corporal punishment due to their fears of a strong backlash from parents. Retrieved 17 May In the Singapore Armed Forces SAF , a subordinate military court, or the officer in charge of the SAF Detention Barracks, may sentence a serviceman to a maximum of 24 strokes of the cane 10 strokes if the serviceman is below 16 [91] for committing certain military offences or for committing aggravated offences while being detained in the Detention Barracks. Electronic Research Collections. The Singaporean government has defended its stance on judicial caning and said that the punishment does not amount to torture and is conducted under strict standards and medical supervision. Archived from the original on 9 August

They note that understanding and accepting such punishment is essential to the effectiveness of caning as a deterrent of misconduct. Judicial caning is also used as a form of legal punishment for criminal offences in two of Singapore's neighbouring countries, Brunei and Malaysia. This caning is usually carried out on the palm or clothed bottom. Retrieved 7 December Video clips: Malaysia With comments by C. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 June The modus operandi is the same as that of judicial caning. In a interview with China Central Television , Lee explained why caning should continue in Singapore with reference to the Michael Fay incident : "Every country has its own problems to face, we know, certain things. Cambridge University Press.

Archived from the original on 19 August In a much milder form, caning is used as a disciplinary measure in schools. According to a survey conducted by The Sunday Times in January , 57 percent of surveyed parents said that caning was an acceptable form of punishment and they had used it on their children. If there is a word stronger than excruciating, that should be the word to describe it". Views Read Edit View history. Retrieved 14 November Per the Approved School Rules , girls under 15 should be caned only on the hands; girls of 15 and over were not to be given caning at all. Retrieved 18 November Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits known as "strokes" or "cuts" with a single cane usually made of rattan , generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks see spanking or hands on the palm.

Wright S v Williams Tyrer v. Views Read Edit View history. Archived from the original on 22 November But then, if so, who is operating the camera, and why? January to September only [25]. The offender is not told in advance when he will be caned; he is notified only on the day his sentence is to be carried out. It is applicable to only male convicts under the age of 50 for a wide range of offences under the Criminal Procedure Code. Retrieved 23 January

Archived from the original on 10 August You put a person in a prison, it makes no difference. This second clip looks to be several years old. School Bag: the Education News Site. The caned lad, after politely holding the door open for the cameraperson behind him, walks calmly enough back to his class pictured right. Much too often it is assumed by people who do not understand these things that administering corporal punishment has something to do with being angry. Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits known as "strokes" or "cuts" with a single cane usually made of rattan , generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks see spanking or hands on the palm. After the caning, the offender is released from the trestle and receives medical treatment. Retrieved 6 December

Corporal punishment with a cane or any other implement has now been outlawed in much, but not all, of Europe. Retrieved 18 March The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 10 February Judicial caning is meant to serve as a humiliating experience for offenders and as a strong deterrent to crime. Five video clips of school canings in Malaysia. Much too often it is assumed by people who do not understand these things that administering corporal punishment has something to do with being angry. In many state and private schools in England and Wales, the rattan cane was regularly used across the hands, legs, or buttocks of both boys and girls. Singapore: KRP Publications.

February In some schools, if the caning is conducted in public, the student is required to make a public apology before or after receiving his punishment. Archived from the original on 25 March Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 9 March We are in George Town, the capital of Penang, in front of the boys' hostel of the Penang Free School, an ancient and famous boys' secondary school which is known to make routine use of corporal punishment. The Herald. Caning as a school punishment is still routine in a number of former British territories including Singapore , [20] Malaysia and Zimbabwe. As the law does not allow schools to cane girls, they receive alternative forms of punishment such as detention or suspension. Retrieved 18 November

The implement used looks reasonably solid, but it is a little on the short side, so although this was a solemn and fairly serious punishment, and obviously hurt, it might not have been quite as severe, stroke for stroke, as a senior schoolboy caning in Singapore, where school canes are about one metre long. Canings in school may be sorted into these categories: []. For example, the Singapore Boys' Home holds about inmates aged 11 through 18 who have been sent there by the courts for committing offences such as theft, robbery or rioting, or because they have been deemed to be Beyond Parental Control. Some schools implement a demerit points system, in which students receive mandatory caning after accumulating a certain number of demerit points for a wide range of misconduct. It's like a bloody nose. This precedent set by the Chief Justice became a benchmark for sentences in molest cases, where the court is expected to sentence a molester to at least nine months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane if the offence involves touching the victim's private parts. This group punishment apparently takes place in a corner of the school hall, probably during recess when everybody is standing around talking. Those present are the student being disciplined, the caning operator, a teacher standing to one side who observes the proceedings, and the person who took the film there is reason to think this could be another errant student who had his turn just previously. South Africa - Schoolboy caning: three clips.

Corporal punishment with a cane or any other implement has now been outlawed in much, but not all, of Europe. The posture adopted is the familiar "hands on the desk" one, the stroke accurately targeted to the student's buttocks in each case. In some schools, corporal punishment was administered solely by the headmaster , while in others the task was delegated to other teachers. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 5 June In Aceh caning can be imposed for adultery. When the rattan hits the bare buttocks, the skin disintegrates, leaving a white line and then a flow of blood. In this still frame capture right it is just about possible to discern the blur of the thin yellowish cane across the dark trousers seat at the moment of impact. The student may be caned only on either the palm of the hand or the buttocks over clothing. No great ceremony is made of it and clearly nobody has been compelled to watch: some of the bystanders appear to take no notice of it, suggesting that this is a routine performance.

Archived from the original on 16 July Elsewhere, other implements prevailed, such as the tawse in Scotland and Northern England, ruler, and the slipper. Chief Justice Yong Pung How not only dismissed his appeal, but also added three strokes of the cane to the sentence. This appears to be a favoured CP technique in Malaysian schools - compare this still picture which could be posed, but I think it might well be real of a student receiving a caning in the school office while a fellow offender waits his turn, and this similar picture from the same school. Port Harcourt. He may be satisfied that he took his punishment fairly well. Channel News Asia. Singapore: Times Books International.

Boys under 15 could be caned on the hands or the bottom; boys of 15 and over were to be caned only on the clothed buttocks. Each boy gets one stroke. This version of the clip has been remastered to give the correct aspect ratio. A article in The Straits Times reported that there were two cases of bullying per month on average; one youth also said that he had been caned over 60 times in three years at the Singapore Boys' Home. Gabriel for boys of ages 11 to Welfare: needs, rights, and risks , Routledge, London, Like their British counterparts, South African private schools also gave prefects free rein to administer canings whenever they felt it appropriate, from at least the late 19th century onwards. Retrieved 14 November Archived PDF from the original on 28 January He is just doing his job, supplying them with a punishment that is no doubt an expected part of a clearly-understood structure: you break the rules, you get a sore backside.

Retrieved 20 December Gabriel for boys of ages 11 to Times Educational Supplement. Namespaces Article Talk. From to , the cane was frequently used on boy inmates and less routinely for girls inmates, at the British youth reformatories known as approved schools. Archived from the original on 13 July This is a common practice in some Asian countries such as Singapore, China, Malaysia on both boys and girls. Ministry of Education. Fay , an American student who had vandalised several automobiles, and in the United Arab Emirates in of Sarah Balabagan , a Filipina maid convicted of homicide. Singapore: KRP Publications.

Archived from the original on 29 January Incidentally, the legal maximum number of strokes for Malaysian schoolboys at any one caning is now three cf. Flagellation was so common in England as punishment see below that caning and spanking and whipping are called "the English vice". The students being disciplined, eight in all, are in standard Malaysian school uniform and look to be aged about 15 or Caning is used as a form of legal corporal punishment in government homes, remand homes, and other homes for children and youth. All four youths are wearing the standard Malaysian state secondary school uniform of olive-green trousers with white short-sleeved shirt. Retrieved 3 June Retrieved 7 February Retrieved 25 January The recipient can be heard grunting in pain after the first, second, third and fifth strokes, and gasping for breath after the fourth.

Retrieved 6 January This is a bit of a rarity, a quality videoclip from of a solemn and serious instance of proper formal caning. This practice is allowed in Singapore but not encouraged by the government. London: S. My impression is that the strokes are fairly light and that punishment was somewhat symbolic. Other countries that used it until the late 20th century, generally only for male offenders, included Kenya , Uganda and South Africa , while some Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago use birching , another punishment in the British tradition, involving the use of a bundle of branches, not a single cane. Help Community portal Recent changes Upload file. We are in George Town, the capital of Penang, in front of the boys' hostel of the Penang Free School, an ancient and famous boys' secondary school which is known to make routine use of corporal punishment.

Wright S v Williams Tyrer v. The modus operandi is the same as that of judicial caning. Corporal punishment with a cane or any other implement has now been outlawed in much, but not all, of Europe. Archived from the original on 13 October But then, if so, who is operating the camera, and why? The date of this film is unknown, except that it predates Archived from the original on 11 April Deutsche Welle. In the last few frames it appears that the four boys being dealt with may be the only ones present in the room, making this perhaps our first-ever glimpse of "private office caning" as opposed to the sometimes rather less serious classroom canings we have seen in many other clips. The Seattle Times.

Video clips: South Africa: real school canings Comments by C. This second clip looks to be several years old. Apart from the Singapore Boys' Home and Singapore Girls' Home, there are other juvenile institutions managed by voluntary welfare organisations, such as the Boys Town operated by the Montfort Brothers of St. It is also imposed for certain breaches of prison rules. This practice is allowed in Singapore but not encouraged by the government. This very short video clip, at any rate, is undoubtedly "the real thing". Archived from the original on 22 October When the youth has stood up after the sixth stroke, there is a very brief moment, visible only in slow motion, when he turns to look questioningly towards this teacher as if for further instructions pictured right , and I think it is he who is heard, in response, ordering the boy to receive an extra stroke, perhaps for not keeping his legs still earlier.

Retrieved 28 May The Daily Star. The Star. Archived from the original on 5 March Retrieved 18 November Wright S v Williams Tyrer v. Viewed at a distance, it is hard to tell how effectual this was, but he seems to be going too quickly to be doing it with the care it deserves. It should not be so. In Malaysia , the Education Ordinance specifically outlaws the caning of girls in school.

The Pride. Domestic School Judicial. Each one in turn "backs into" an upright position in front of the discipline master, who briefly feels the seat of the offender's trousers with his spare hand to check that there is no padding and nothing in the back pocket. Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August The caning usually leaves the child with painful red welts [] that will fade within days. Retrieved 6 July This caning is usually carried out on the palm or clothed bottom. A solemn and formal ceremony, school caning is typically carried out in a manner similar to the canings administered in English schools before school corporal punishment was banned in England in Len

Part of a series on. Views Read Edit View history. The atmosphere in the room is calm, matter-of-fact and absolutely serious. However, on 9 May , the High Court ruled that the courts should not automatically impose an additional jail term in lieu of caning unless there are reasons to do so. Boys under 15 could be caned on the hands or the bottom; boys of 15 and over were to be caned only on the clothed buttocks. PDF, 9. Children under 10 should be punished only on their hands. Retrieved 17 August

Views Read Edit View history. In practice, the offender is required to strip completely naked for the caning. Subsequent legislation has been passed by the Parliament of Singapore over the years to increase the minimum strokes an offender receives, and the number of crimes that may be punished with caning. Viewed at a distance, it is hard to tell how effectual this was, but he seems to be going too quickly to be doing it with the care it deserves. Archived from the original on 9 August Kuala Lumpur. The headmaster who gave the punishment was cleared of the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm , with the judge commenting "If you get a beating you must expect it to be with force. According to Chapter 2 Section 10 of the act, 1 No person may administer corporal punishment at a school to a learner and 2 Any person who contravenes subsection 1 is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a sentence, which could be imposed for assault. Singapore: Ministry of Home Affairs. The offender is not told in advance when he will be caned; he is notified only on the day his sentence is to be carried out.

The practice is retained, for male offenders only, under the criminal law in Malaysia , Singapore and Brunei. Retrieved 31 July Retrieved 18 November Education for a new nation. The Daily Telegraph. South Africa - Schoolboy caning: three clips. Canada Ingraham v. Singapore Statutes Online. The Daily Star.

Download as PDF Printable version. In the early 20th century, permission for prefects to cane younger students mainly secondary-age boys was also widespread in British public schools. From to , the cane was frequently used on boy inmates and less routinely for girls inmates, at the British youth reformatories known as approved schools. In Aceh caning can be imposed for adultery. As the law does not allow schools to cane girls, they receive alternative forms of punishment such as detention or suspension. Retrieved 20 December It shows us how even a single stroke of the cane can hurt a little if delivered with care. The offender must be certified by a medical officer to be in a fit condition of health to undergo the punishment [96] and shall wear "protective clothing" as prescribed. Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 13 April

Each boy gets one stroke. Caning was a common form of judicial punishment and official school discipline in many parts of the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. In practice, the offender is required to strip completely naked for the caning. According to Chapter 2 Section 10 of the act, 1 No person may administer corporal punishment at a school to a learner and 2 Any person who contravenes subsection 1 is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a sentence, which could be imposed for assault. Retrieved 25 January Retrieved 1 August However, the law was amended in such that men convicted of sex offences may still be sentenced to caning even if they are above the age of The superintendents of reformatories are allowed to impose corporal punishment on both male and female residents as a last resort for serious misconduct. Retrieved 4 December This is a bit of a rarity, a quality videoclip from of a solemn and serious instance of proper formal caning.

World Corporal Punishment Research. Video clips: Malaysia With comments by C. Viewed at a distance, it is hard to tell how effectual this was, but he seems to be going too quickly to be doing it with the care it deserves. New York: Knopf. Blood spurted, bits of flesh flew and the prisoner screamed in pain. Chief Justice Yong Pung How not only dismissed his appeal, but also added three strokes of the cane to the sentence. It is evident that each offender has been told beforehand how many strokes he will receive. Retrieved 6 January Retrieved 27 May Not to be confused with Canning or Candy Cane.

You risk a caning". According to a survey conducted by The Sunday Times in January , 57 percent of surveyed parents said that caning was an acceptable form of punishment and they had used it on their children. Retrieved 26 June Archived from the original on 15 January The second youth shows how it should be done: he bends over readily, takes his five brisk strokes well, and wins a round of applause from the class as he moves back to his place. Singapore: KRP Publications. The Age. Archived from the original on 5 September

This soon leads to a stinging sensation and general soreness around the points of impact, usually lasting for some hours; sitting down is likely to be uncomfortable. Archived PDF from the original on 24 September Caning, as a form of legally sanctioned corporal punishment for convicted criminals, was first introduced to Malaya and Singapore by the British Empire in the 19th century. The implement used looks reasonably solid, but it is a little on the short side, so although this was a solemn and fairly serious punishment, and obviously hurt, it might not have been quite as severe, stroke for stroke, as a senior schoolboy caning in Singapore, where school canes are about one metre long. A recipient of 10 strokes said, "The pain was beyond description. The caning officer carefully positions himself beside the trestle and takes aim with the cane. Sections — of the Criminal Procedure Code lay down the procedures governing caning. Archived PDF from the original on 28 January Download as PDF Printable version. However, the Singaporean government stated that it considers "the judicious application of corporal punishment in the best interest of the child.

The Straits Times. They really enjoyed what they saw. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 April Servicemen in the Singapore Armed Forces SAF who commit serious military offences may be sentenced by a military court to a less severe form of caning in the SAF Detention Barracks, which houses military offenders. When the rattan hits the bare buttocks, the skin disintegrates, leaving a white line and then a flow of blood. Help Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Archived from the original on 10 October

From to , the cane was frequently used on boy inmates and less routinely for girls inmates, at the British youth reformatories known as approved schools. A maximum of ten strokes may be inflicted. Caning is used as a form of legal corporal punishment in government homes, remand homes, and other homes for children and youth. This is a bit of a rarity, a quality videoclip from of a solemn and serious instance of proper formal caning. Visiting justices may also order an inmate to be given up to 24 strokes of the cane. The student then places his hands on a desk or chair, bends over or leans forward, and receives strokes from the rattan cane on the seat of his trousers or shorts. The modus operandi is the same as that of judicial caning. Each boy gets one stroke. The culprits come forward in turn from an area out of view to the right of the picture.

Each boy gets one stroke. Los Angeles Times. We are in George Town, the capital of Penang, in front of the boys' hostel of the Penang Free School, an ancient and famous boys' secondary school which is known to make routine use of corporal punishment. He has been instructed -- or did not need to be instructed, if he had been through this before -- to bend over and hold on to a low bar, presenting a taut target for the cane see picture at top of this page. It is about twice as thick as the canes used in the school and military contexts. Retrieved 27 August This group punishment apparently takes place in a corner of the school hall, probably during recess when everybody is standing around talking. The normal maximum number of strokes was eight for boys and girls of 15 and over, and six for children below that age. Incidentally, the legal maximum number of strokes for Malaysian schoolboys at any one caning is now three cf. London: Churchill.

The offender stands upright at the A-shaped frame with his feet apart and hands tied above his head. Amnesty International condemned the practice of judicial caning in Singapore as a "cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment". In practice, it seems that many schools find it useful to deploy CP wherever the parents approve of it. In , the procedure was revised to introduce a review of each prison caning sentence by an independent external panel. Retrieved 16 November Another example is the transporting of illegal immigrants; a manager of a company who authorises or participates in such activity can be sentenced to caning. Archived from the original on 2 March As the law does not allow schools to cane girls, they receive alternative forms of punishment such as detention or suspension.

The wounds usually take between a week and a month to heal, depending on the number of strokes received. Retrieved 11 February Particularly, boys and girls [52] who absconded were given a maximum caning of 8 strokes on the clothed bottom immediately on return to the school, and a statistical study found that this could be an effective deterrent. Caning, as a form of legally sanctioned corporal punishment for convicted criminals, was first introduced to Malaya and Singapore by the British Empire in the 19th century. In many state and private schools in England and Wales, the rattan cane was regularly used across the hands, legs, or buttocks of both boys and girls. Archived from the original on 22 September As is the norm in Malaysia, the punishment is delivered to the seat of the recipient's trousers with a flexible rattan as he stands up straight facing the wall. January Retrieved 22 November CFCYL v.

The boys are seen in rows lying face down on the ground, and a teacher -- allegedly the principal, Mr Chin Kiau, though I have no way of verifying that -- goes along the row of boys with his cane, giving each student one stroke on the backside. The offender is not told in advance when he will be caned; he is notified only on the day his sentence is to be carried out. Only the High Court may order the caning of boys below the age of Categories : Caning in Singapore. Retrieved 10 May Main article: School corporal punishment. CLIP 1 OF 3 This very interesting and rare one-minute video clip shows a near-perfect example of a formal schoolboy caning session in the best English tradition, carried out at a private secondary school in the Eastern Cape. A recipient of 10 strokes said, "The pain was beyond description. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caning.

The Guardian. Subsequent legislation has been passed by the Parliament of Singapore over the years to increase the minimum strokes an offender receives, and the number of crimes that may be punished with caning. Archived from the original on 8 June An eyewitness described that after 24 strokes, the buttocks will be a "bloody mess". We are in George Town, the capital of Penang, in front of the boys' hostel of the Penang Free School, an ancient and famous boys' secondary school which is known to make routine use of corporal punishment. The canings drew hundreds of people, including a lot of women, and everybody seemed to love it. The Sunday Times. It's like a bloody nose.

Much too often it is assumed by people who do not understand these things that administering corporal punishment has something to do with being angry. Michael Fay , who received four strokes, said in an interview, "The skin did rip open, there was some blood. Singapore: Academy Publishing. The master is saying something in Malay to the effect that "this is a reminder to you not to repeat such behaviour in the future". If convicted, they may be sent to the state-run reformatories , namely the Singapore Boys' Home and the Singapore Girls' Home, for up to three years. Archived from the original on 8 June Electronic Research Collections. Belfast Telegraph. In many English and Commonwealth private schools, authority to punish was traditionally also given to certain senior students often called prefects.

Retrieved 19 December Retrieved 19 November The misbehaving child is usually caned on the buttocks or palm of the hand. He said, "After he knows what it's like, he will have nothing left to fear. Retrieved 23 November Chief Justice Yong Pung How not only dismissed his appeal, but also added three strokes of the cane to the sentence. This precedent set by the Chief Justice became a benchmark for sentences in molest cases, where the court is expected to sentence a molester to at least nine months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane if the offence involves touching the victim's private parts. They may thereafter be placed in homes which also house juvenile offenders. Archived from the original on 28 September The wounds usually take between a week and a month to heal, depending on the number of strokes received.

It takes place in an otherwise empty classroom. Main article: Judicial corporal punishment. Caning was a common form of judicial punishment and official school discipline in many parts of the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Archived from the original on 8 March Amnesty International. The Independent. Retrieved 1 August Since the scene passes so quickly, it has been repeated three times. Retrieved 28 May

In , a year-old man was sentenced to 57 years jail and 12 strokes of the cane for rape. Retrieved 8 September The picture quality is fairly poor. Retrieved 19 November They included robbery , aggravated forms of theft , burglary , assault with the intention of sexual abuse , a second or subsequent conviction of rape , a second or subsequent offence relating to prostitution , and living on or trading in prostitution. Although the extensive use of judicial caning is a policy commonly associated with the ruling People's Action Party PAP , the opposition parties do not oppose it because they agree on its effectiveness as a deterrent to crime. The Star. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caning.

In , a year-old man was sentenced to 57 years jail and 12 strokes of the cane for rape. Retrieved 26 February Wright S v Williams Tyrer v. The picture quality is very poor. Archived from the original on 9 June Archived from the original on 20 July January to October only [31]. Canada Ingraham v.

For example, juvenile delinquents get to watch a real-life demonstration of caning on a dummy during compulsory prison visits. Retrieved 19 November This practice is allowed in Singapore but not encouraged by the government. Military caning is less severe than its civilian counterpart, and is designed not to cause undue bleeding and leave permanent scars. Archived from the original on 14 July However, the Singaporean government stated that it considers "the judicious application of corporal punishment in the best interest of the child. Archived from the original on 7 December Archived from the original on 2 March

It can be divided into several contexts: judicial, prison, reformatory, military, school, and domestic. He stands barefooted on the trestle base and bends over a padded horizontal crossbar on one side of the trestle, with the crossbar adjusted to around his waist level. In , the number of caning sentences ordered by the courts was 3, Archaeology in Singapore Early history pre— Founding of modern Singapore — Straits Settlements — Japanese occupation — British Military Administration — Post-war Singapore — Self-governance of Singapore — Merger with Malaysia — Republic of Singapore — present. Retrieved 18 February Archived from the original on 6 May Electronic Research Collections. Male convicts who are not sentenced to caning by the courts are still liable to be caned in prison if they commit offences while serving time in prison.

Archived from the original on 28 September A solemn and formal ceremony, school caning is typically carried out in a manner similar to the canings administered in English schools before school corporal punishment was banned in England in They included robbery , aggravated forms of theft , burglary , assault with the intention of sexual abuse , a second or subsequent conviction of rape , a second or subsequent offence relating to prostitution , and living on or trading in prostitution. Archived from the original on 4 July Retrieved 18 November Attorney-General Chambers, Singapore. Supreme Court Judgements. The practice is retained, for male offenders only, under the criminal law in Malaysia , Singapore and Brunei.

Archived from the original on 8 August Retrieved 19 November Retrieved 19 December Archived from the original on 29 May Permanent scars remain even after the wounds have healed. He is just doing his job, supplying them with a punishment that is no doubt an expected part of a clearly-understood structure: you break the rules, you get a sore backside. As the two staff members walk away together from the place of punishment, the caning operative is waving his cane about in the view of some students at the other side of the courtyard, leaving them in no doubt as to what has just been going on. For the technique used for weaving furniture, see Caning furniture. Retrieved 23 July Singapore has come under strong international criticism for its practice of judicial caning, especially after the Michael Fay incident.