Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period of Sudan 2019, as amended to 2020
Religious Law
  • English
    In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate … (Preamble)
  • Arabic
    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم .... (ديباجه)
Religious Law
  • English
    (1) The death penalty may only be inflicted as retribution (qasas), a hudud punishment, or as a penalty for crimes of extreme gravity, in accordance with the law.
    ...
    (3) The death penalty may only be inflicted on pregnant women and nursing mothers two years after [they have finished] breastfeeding. (Art. 53)
  • Arabic
    1. لا يجوز توقيع عقوبة الإعدام إلا قصاصاً او حداً او جزاءً علي الجرائم بالغة الخطورة، بموجب القانون.

    3. لا يجوز تنفيذ عقوبة الإعدام علي الحوامل او المرضعات إلا بعد عامين من الرضاعة. (الماده 54)
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Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period of Sudan 2019 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library 2020. There are discrepancies in the numbering between the English and the Arabic texts.
2
Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period of Sudan 2019 (Arabic).
Links to all sites last visited 31 March 2021
3
Reference to Chapter 14: Rights and Freedoms Charter.
4
There is a typo in the numbering in the original version.
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Reference to Chapter 14: Rights and Freedoms Charter.
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Reference to Chapter 14: Rights and Freedoms Charter.