154 Laws of Malaysia Act 593 (2) Whipping shall be inflicted on such part of the person as the Minister charged with responsibility for public order from time to time generally directs. (3) The rattan used for whipping shall be not more than half an inch in diameter. (4) In the case of an accused sentenced to whipping for an offence under section 403, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409 or 420 of the Penal Code, or a youthful offender, whipping shall be inflicted in the way of school discipline with a light rattan. (5) When a person is convicted at one trial of any two or more distinct offences any two or more of which are legally punishable by whipping, the combined sentences of whipping awarded by the Court for any such offences shall not, anything in any written law to the contrary notwithstanding, exceed a total number of twenty-four strokes in the case of adults and ten strokes in the case of youthful offenders. Sentence of whipping forbidden in certain cases 289. No sentence of whipping shall be executed by instalments, and none of the following persons shall be punishable with whipping: (a) females; (b) males sentenced to death; (c) males whom the Court considers to be more than fifty years of age, except males sentenced to whipping under section 376, 377c, 377ca or 377e of the Penal Code. Medical Officer’s certificate required 290. (1) The punishment of whipping shall not be inflicted unless a Medical Officer is present and certifies that the offender is in a fit state of health to undergo such punishment.