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Act of Parliament
given to resolutions varying or renewing taxation, see (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3), and (English) Finance Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28), s. 12. The Royal assent … the contrary, operative from the date of notification in the Gazette, Handbook for Members of Rajya Sabha, April, 2002. Means an action; a thing done or established; a written law formally passed by the legislative power of
Roman Catholics
the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any
Sessions of the peace
(English) Highway Acts, 1835 and 1864, see HIGHWAY; for granting licences to deal in game under 1 & 2 Wm 4, c. 32; for pawnbrokers' certificates under 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93 (these two functions were … OPEN COURT. As to places of petty sessions, see (English) Petty Sessions Act, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 18). II. Special Sessions.--A special session is a sitting of two or more justices, held not of their
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Army (UK)
of peace without consent of Parliament (as declared by the Bill of Rights, 1 W. & M. c. 2, s. 2), and in specifying the exact number of forces to be employed for the current year; but … which those Acts empowered the sovereign to make. In 1879 the Army Discipline Act (42 & 43 Vict. c. 33) consolidated the provisions of the Mutiny Act with the Articles of War. This Act having been amended
Piracy
allegiance; if by an alien, to be felony only; but since the Statute of Treason (25 Edw. 3, c. 2), it is held to be only felony in a subject. Formerly this offence was only cognizable by
Treason
of treason are declared by the Treason Act, 1351, or 'Statute of Treasons' (25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 2), as follows:- (1) When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king
Gaming or gambling
house, and 6s. 8d. for every time of playing therein; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1738 (12 Geo. 2, c. 28) (applied by the Gaming Act, 1739 (13 Geo. 2, c. 19), to all games with dice, … in addition to the penalties of the Act of Hen. 8, to pay such penalty (not more than 100l.) as shall be adjudged by the justices, or may be imprisoned with or without hard labour for not
Coal mine
Act (26 of 1973) s. 2 (b)] The (English) Coal Mines Act 1911, (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 50), repealing and reenacting, with alterations, a great part of the existing law, and itself amended by the
Pr'munire
Edward III., and was the foundation of all the subsequent statute of pr'munire, of which 16 Rich. 2, c. 5, passed in 1392, is the 'Statute of Pr'munire' generally so called, and incorporated by reference in many
King
Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland' was settled, after the death of William III.
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