110. In light of articles 3, 19 and 28.2, the Committee strongly recommends that corporal punishment be prohibited by law and that references to disciplinary measures using physical force, such as caning, be withdrawn from the Teachers Handbook.

754. In the light of articles 3, 19 and 28, paragraph 2, the Committee strongly recommends that corporal punishment be prohibited by law and that references to disciplinary measures using physical force, such as caning, be withdrawn from the Teachers Handbook.

In Singapore, the Prison Act provided for the imposition of caning on prisoners who had committed aggravated prison offences. Almost all responding countries reported that instruments of restraint, such as handcuffs, chains, irons and strait jackets, were never used as a punishment (Rule 33).