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Disorderly houses. Houses where persons congreg-ate to the probable disturbance of the peace or other commission of crime. See (English) Disorderly Houses Act, 1751 (25 Geo. 2, c. 36), by which prosecutions by indictment of persons keeping 'bawdy houses, gaming houses, and other disorderly houses' for the Common Law misdemeanour of keeping such houses are encouraged, and see also s. 13 of the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69), as amended by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 3, and the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922, s. 3, by which the keeping of bawdy houses is punishable on summary conviction, see Siviour v. Neapolitane, (1931) 1 KB 636; (lessee who sub-let not included); and Winter v. Woolfe, (1931) 1 KB 636 (premises kept for allowing illicit intercourse). See BROTHEL; GAMING....
Civil offence
Civil offence, means an offence which is triable by a criminal court. [The Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1) (d); means an offence which is triable by a criminal court. Army Act, 1950, s. 3 (ii); means an offence which is triable by a criminal court Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (xii)]...
Probation
Probation, connotes a period of trial, Ajudhia Nath Dhingra v. Union of India, 1976 Sim LJ 357.Means a sort of 'locus pententiae' to the employer to observe the work, ability, efficiency, sincerity, and competence of the servant and if he is found not suitable for the post, the master reserves the right to dispense with his service without anything more during or at the end of the prescribed period which is styled as period of probation, Parshotam Lal Dhingra v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 36: 1958 (1) LLJ 544: 1958 SCJ 217.Probation. (1) Proof generally. (2) Suspension of a final appointment to an office until a person tempo-rarily appointed (who is called a 'probationer') has by his conduct proved himself to be fit to fill it. (3) Treatment of an offender under the (English) Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 17).By s. 1 of this Act where any person is charged before a Court of summary jurisdiction and the Court thinks that the charge is proved, but is of opinion that, ha...
Challenge
Challenge [fr. Challenger, O. F., to accuse of], an exception taken either against things or jurors.In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge them for cause, as well the talesmen as the jurors originally returned. Challenges are of two kinds: (1) to the array; (2) to the polls; and each of these is again subdivided into principal challenges, and challenges to the favour.(1) A challenge to the array is an exception to all the jurors returned by the sheriff collectively, not for any defect in them, but for some partiality or default in the sheriff or his under-officer who arrayed the panel; this is either (a) a principal challenge, as that the sheriff or other returning officer is of kindred or affinity to the plaintiff of defendant, if the affinity continue; that one or more of the jury are returned at the nomination of the plaintiff or defendant; that an action of battery is pending at the suit of the plaintiff or defendant against the sheriff, or at the sui...
Criminal Act
Criminal Act, the Criminal Act mentioned in s. 34 of the Indian Penal Code is the result of the concerted action of the more than one person; if the said result was reached in furtherance of the common intention, each person is liable for the result as if he had done it himself, Shankarlal Kacharabhai v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1965 SC 1260 (1262): (1965) 2 Cri LJ 226. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, ss. 34 and 301)...
Habitual Criminals Act
Habitual Criminals Act (English) (32 & 33 Vict. c. 99. By this Act power was given to apprehend on suspicion convicted persons holding licence under the Penal Servitude Acts, 1853, 1857 and 1864. The Act was repealed and replaced by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871. See that title....
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a great number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this country.In 1844 Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in a remarkable speech in the House of Commons, advocated criminal appeal, the claim to which has also been recognized by Starkie, Sir John Holker, and Chief Baron Pollock; and even Blackstone,with whom, as Mr. Lecky has observed, admiration of our national jurisprudence was almost a foible, passed some severe criticisms on the stateof the criminal law of his day. In more recent times Lord James of Hereford (then Sir Henry James) introduced a criminal appeal bill into the House of Commons,which was supported by Lord Russell of Killowen (then Sir Charles Russell). And in 1889 Lord Fitzgerald, when introducing a measure into the House of Lords, said that the absene of any provision for rectifying errors andmistakes in criminal cases constituted a blot upon the c...
Attempt
Attempt [fr. tentare, Lat.; tenter, temter, tempter, O. Fr. to try], an endeavour to commit a crime or unlawful act. Persons indicted for a felony or misdemeanour may be found guilty only of an attempt to commit the same. (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1851, 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, s. 9In criminal law means an overt act that is done with the intent to commit a crime but that falls short of completing the crime. Attempt is an inchoate offence distinct from the attempted crime, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 123.What constitutes an 'attempt' is a mixed question of law and fact, depending largely on the circumstances of the particular case. 'Attempt' defies a precise and exact definition. Broadly speaking, all crimes which consist of the commission of affirmative acts are preceded by some covert or overt conduct which may be divided into three stages. The first stage exists when the culprit first entertains the idea or intention to commit an offence. In the second stage, he makes prep...
Asyium
Asyium [fr. aovlov, Gk., a place free from violence], (1) a sanctuary of refuge; (2) (in an obsolete sense) a place set apart for the treatment and habitation of persons of unsound mind. See (English) Lunacy Act, 1890 to 1922, where the term meant an asylum provided by any local authority under those Acts, but by s. 20 of the (English) Mental Treatment Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 23), these asylums are to be called MENTAL HOSPITALS and for any references in any public or local act, order, regulation or other document to 'asylums' references to Mental Hospitals are to be substituted, and see also the (English) Army and Air Force Act, 1931 (21 Geo, 5, c. 14), s. 5.Criminal Lunatics (English) Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 64), deals with detention, etc. of criminal lunatics, e.g., the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.The (English) Asylum (now the Mental Hospital) Officers Superannuation Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 48), makes provision for superannuation allowances for officers and servants, ...
Conviction
Conviction, the act of a legal tribunal adjudging a person guilty of a criminal offence. Thus a person will have been 'convicted' even though no punishment follows, e.g., where he is let out on his own recognizances to come up for judgment when called on, R. v. Blaby, (1894) 2 QB 170. As to the powers of justices to convict summarily, see the Summary Jurisdiction Acts of 1848 and 1879, amended by the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, and the Summary Jurisdiction Rules of 1886. Schedule to (English) Summary Jurisdiction Rules, 1915, and Summary Jurisdiction Rules,1932, 1933. Consult Paley on Summary Convictions.When a person previously convicted is tried for a subsequent offence, proof of his previous con-viction cannot be given until after a finding of guilty of such subsequent offence, unless evidence of his good character be given.-(English) Previous Conviction Act, 1836, (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 111); Larceny Act,1861, s. 116. A previous convic...
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