The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a...

The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a law, introduced by the deposed dictator Numeiri and carried over by the National Islamic Front (NIF) and the present military junta. In the Sudan, Muslims and other citizens have persistently opposed the introduction of Numeiri's NIF self-styled Shari'a law, especially the application of the hudud punishments (amputation, crucifixion, stoning) at a time of enormous social and economic distress. Since 1983, people found guilty of prostitution have been subjected to death by stoning in public. The Sudan was one of the few States in the world that allowed the death penalty for minors. But in 1998, the new Constitution approved by the Parliament and signed by the President on March 28, and subjected to a popular referendum on April 1, 1998, excludes capital punishment for minors, under Art. 33.