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Discharge
(1961) 3 SCR 875. (Limitation Act, 1963, s. 7) Means discharge of a person in a running or continuing business - not discharge of all workmen when the industry itself ceases to exist on a bona fide … 7 SCC 505. (Railways Act, 1890, s. 138) The word 'discharge' in, s. 398 means discharge of an offence relating to the charge within the meaning of, sub-ss. 227, 239, 245 and 249. Refusing to proceed further
Patent medicine
1875. By the (English) Venereal Disease Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 21), it is an offence to advertise, etc., any patent preparation for the prevention cure or relief of any venereal disease. Treatment must … when they are opened. The duties were doubled by the Finance Act, 1915: this increased rate has been continued from year to year. The schedule to the Act of 1812 exempts from duty--(1) medicinal drugs vended entire
Intoxicating liquor
condition imposed on the grant is not complied with or if the licence holder is convicted of any offence [s. 14(4)] The confirming authority, however, i.e., in counties quarter sessions, in boroughs not having ten justices a … (3) 15th August, 1904. Licences first granted since that date can never be the subject of renewal. Their continuance will be dealt with in the same way as the grant of a new licence. The owners of
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Wreck
certify whether there has been a wreck or not, and who is in possession of the goods. The offence of stealing any part of vessels wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or any goods, etc., belonging to … term is used in several senses, e.g., a ship which is so damaged as to be unable to continue her voyage is a 'wreck' for the purposes of s. 158 of the M.S. Act, 1894; and Barras
Shop
In contravention of the provisions the occupier of the shop is liable up to 5l. for the first offence, and up to 20l. for a second or subsequent offence. The (English) Shops Act, 1936 (26Geo. 5 & … refreshments, by the (English) Shops Act, 1913. The (English) Shops (Early Closing) Act, 1920, provided for a temporary continuance of orders made under the expired (English) Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, and set out the
Husband and wife
s. 47, but it is still a good defence to prove (except in treason or murder) that the offence was committed in the presence of, and under the coercion of the husband; while if in the absence … ss. 13-15 (now repealed) of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, which enacted that a wife was to continue liable for such debts to the extent of her separate property, but that a husband was liable for
Forfeiture
to take advantage of it, by express declaration, or by any act inconsistent with it, or admitting a continuing tenancy, as by receiving rent accrued due since the breach, or distraining for the same, or by subsequently … Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take any case out of the operation of 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, unless such … limitations, see RENEWAL OF WRITS. At Common Law there is no period of limitation for prosecution of criminal offences generally, except where they are punishable on summary conviction, in which cases the period is six months, by
Justices
Act, 1914, while the power itself is given by the particular statute dealing with the subject-matter of the offence. (3) To act, if county justices, as judges at Quarter Sessions, where their chairman presides and tries indictments … commission under the Great Seal, the form of which was settled by all the judges in 1590, and continues, with little alteration, to this day. Consult Putnam's Early Treatises on the Practice of the Justices of the
Solicitor
decided that 'person' in the 1932 Act meant natural person, so a corporate body could not commit the offence of pretending to be a solicitor under the 1932 Act, s. 46. Now, by the 1934 Act, bodies … the title given by the (English) Judicature Act, 1843, s. 87, to all attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and continued by (English) Solicitors Act 1932, s. 81. Prior to that Act, 'attorneys' conducted business in the Common Law
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