Decree No. 109
Date of Decree: 11 Rabi I A.H. 1415/18 August 1994
Pursuant to the provisions of article 42, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, the Revolution Command Council has decreed as follows:
1. Every person legally punished by amputation of the hand for a crime punishable by amputation of the hand shall be tattooed with a cross between the eyebrows. Each intersecting line of the cross shall be 1 centimetre in length and 1 millimetre thick.
2. The tattoo shall be carried out in the same public hospital in which the amputation was performed.
3. The public hospital shall prepare the technical and medical requirements to facilitate the performance of the tattooing procedure.
4. This Decree shall enter into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette until further notice, and shall apply retroactively to every person who has already been punished by amputation of the hand.
Saddam HUSSEIN
Chairman of the Revolution Command Council
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