Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 402 - Death

(1) Punishment of death is inflicted by hanging the convict by the neck till he is dead or by lethal injection.

(2) Sentence of death shall be pronounced by the court in the following form: "The sentence of the court upon you is that you be hanged by the neck until you are dead or by lethal injection."

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