§ 47. Mr. Wiggasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the offence of spitting committed for a third time by a detained person in Kenya renders him under the regulations liable for flogging.
§ 49. Mr. George Craddockasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why, under the regulations, the third offence of omitting to keep his person clean by a detained person in Kenya makes that person liable for a sentence of flogging.
§ 53. Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why, under the regulations, a detained person who is punished twice for attempting to refuse to undergo medical treatment is liable to be flogged for his third attempt.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydIn the interests of camp health and hygiene and to prevent the spread of diseases. No detainee has been awarded corporal punishment for these offences. It will only be awarded in serious cases of repeated offences in circumstances likely to encourage the spread of, e.g., tuberculosis and typhoid, and then only after the detainee had been warned and the Commissioner of Prisons was satisfied that there was no effective alternative.
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§ 48 and 50. Mr. George Craddockasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) how many detained persons in Kenya have been flogged for a third offence of shouting under the Emergency (Detained Persons) Regulations, 1954;
(2) how many detained persons in Kenya have been flogged for the third offence of quarrelling with another detained person.
§ 51 and 52. Mr. Bennasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) how many detained persons in Kenya have been sentenced to be flogged for a third offence of tampering with fixtures or fittings in a detention camp;
(2) how many detained persons in Kenya have been charged with malingering for the third time in camps in Kenya and then flogged.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNone.