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State of Punjab - Section

Section 784 in Punjab Jail Manual, 1996

784. Time of execution. Procedure to be adopted.

(1)Executions shall take place at the following hours : -
November to February ... 8 A.M.
March, April, September and October ... 7 A.M.
May to August - 6 A.M.
(2)The Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent will visit the condemned prisoner in his cell a few minutes before the hour fixed for execution. The Superintendent shall then first identify the prisoner, as the person named in the warrant and read over a translation of the warrant in vernacular to the prisoner. Any other documents requiring attestation by the prisoner, such as his will shall thereafter be signed and attested in the presence of the Superintendent. The Superintendent will then proceed to the scaffold, the prisoner remaining in his cell. In the presence of the Deputy Superintendent the hands of the convicts will next be pinioned behind his back and his leg irons (if any) struck off.
(3)The prisoner shall now be marched to the scaffold under the charge of the Deputy Superintendent and guarded by a head-warder and six warders, two proceeding in front, two behind and one holding either arms.
(4)On the arrival of the prisoner at the scaffold where the Superintendent, Magistrate and Medical Officer have already taken their places, the Superintendent shall inform the Magistrate that he has identified the prisoner and read the warrant over to him in vernacular. The prisoner shall then be made over to the executioner.
(5)The criminal shall now mount the scaffold and shall be placed directly under the beam to which the rope is attached, the warders still holding him by the arms.
(6)The executioner shall next strap his legs tightly together, place the cap over his head and face and adjust the rope tightly round his neck, the noose being 1-1/2 inches to the right or left of the middle line and free from the flap of the cap.
(7)The warders holding the condemned man's arms shall now withdraw and at a signal from the Superintendent, the executioner shall draw the bolt.