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Definition :

Charged, the word 'charged' does not, in the Notification No. 878-F, dt. 21st March, 1922, mean the mere statutory liability to pay tax but goes further and includes the actual charge or levy, Commissioner of Income Tax v. M.K. Kirtikar, AIR 1960 SC 186 (189).

Charged, is the official notification given to an individual by the competent authority of an allegation that he has committed a criminal offence, A.-G.s Ref. (No. 2 of 2001) (CA) (2001) 1 WLR 1869. [Human Rights Act, 1998, Art. 6(1)]

Means brought before a court having jurisdiction to determine the matter, i.e. where examining justices commit an accused for trial, there is no charge until he is tried on indictment, R. v. Rider, [1954] 1 All ER 5.