Capital punishment in Papua New Guinea Capital punishment in Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea (PNG), also officially known as the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, capital punishment (also called the "death penalty" or "execution") is a legal form of punishment. Despite its legality, capital punishment has not been imposed in PNG in over sixty years. The last known execution took place under the colonial administration of Australia. The last execution is understood to have been done by way of hanging and took place in the capital city of PNG, Port Moresby, in November 1954. Within the Pacific Islands Forum, all countries (albeit not
Law of Papua New Guinea he had formerly presided with respect to a capital case which was then "sub judice". The newspaper was smartly reminded by the court that such challenge was likely to result in severe sanctions, and Sir Arnold withdrew. Weisbrot, D., Paliwala, A. and Sawyerr, A. "Law and Social Change in Papua New Guinea" (Sydney, 1982) Law of Papua New Guinea The law of Papua New Guinea consists of the Constitution, ordinary statutes enacted by Parliament or adopted at Independence from overseas (together with their pendant regulations) and judge-made law. The Constitution is "autochthonous" (a constitutional term of art also used in