Judicial corporal punishment

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Judicial corporal punishment is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence imposed on an offender by a court of law, including flagellation (also called flogging or whipping), forced amputations, caning, bastinado, birching, or strapping. Legal corporal punishment is forbidden in most countries, but it still is a form of legal punishment practiced according to the legislations of Brunei,^[1] Iran,^[1] Libya,^[1] the Maldives,^[1] Malaysia,^[1] Saudi Arabia,^[1] Singapore,^[1] the United Arab Emirates,^[2][1] Yemen,^[1] and Qatar,^[1] as well as parts of Indonesia (Aceh province)^[1] and Nigeria (northern states).^[1]