COOK ISLANDS - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1980-81
PART II - SENTENCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTIES
119. Form of sentence in capital cases - (1) Where any person is sentenced to death the form of the sentence shall be that he shall suffer death in the manner prescribed by law.
(2) No variation in the form in which the sentence is pronounced shall affect the validity of the sentence.
(3) A sentence of death shall be carried out by hanging.
(4) The provisions set out in the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the carrying out of the sentence.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.