Constitution of The BahamasIn briefNo one may be tortured or given inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, but punishments that were lawful before 10th July 1973 are not affected.
No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
No one may be subjected to torture, or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this Article to the extent that the law in question authorizes the infliction of any description of punishment that was lawful in the Bahamas Islands immediately before 10th July 1973.
A law, and anything done under it, is not treated as inconsistent with or in breach of this Article to the extent that the law authorises any kind of punishment that was lawful in the Bahamas Islands immediately before 10th July 1973.