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Locomotives. I
must be employed in driving or attending, and if driving a trailer one or more in addition (s. 17). The period of continuous driving by any one person is limited by (s. 19) to 5-1/2 hours amounting
Serve and service
Serve and service, the word 'service' in s. 2(17)(h) must necessarily mean something more than being merely subject to the orders of Government or control of the Government. To serve means 'to perform function; do what...
Sessions of the peace
of corn, etc. the exclusion of these offences was repealed and now all offences under ss. 16 and 17 of the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, are triable. See Criminal Justice Act, 1925. (10) Bigamy, and offences
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Stamp duties
34 Vict. c. 90)] in regard to the duty on the various classes of instruments, but by s. 17 of the Stamp Act, 1870 (re-enacted by s. 14 of the Stamp Act, 1891), reversing the former law,
Untouchability
provision under the fundamental rights. The Practice of untouchability in any form is forbidden, Constitution of India, Art. 17. Untouchability, is a social disability imposed on certain classes of people by reason of their birth in certain
Lost Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Promissory Note
The (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 69, replacing the repealed 9 & 10 Wm. 3, c. 17, s. 3, enacts that if a bill of exchange, or cheque, or note, be lost before it is
Poor laws
Health (Ministry of Health Act, 1919). The (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 17) consolidates the enactments relating to the relief of the poor in England, and it repeals the greater part
Lights of vehicles
Lights of vehicles. The (English) Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 37), provides for the lighting of vehicles of every description (except railway locomotives, carriages and trucks, tramcars, trolley vehicles), but...
Coroner
has principally to do with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough Council under ss. 171-174 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and in counties by the County Council, under s. 5 of
Adoption
in the House of Lords to legalize adoption. By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize
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