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Prerogative of mercy
et seq.), but was even extended to jurors who had been attained for an oath that, though not false, was fatuous: ibid. p. 661. The power of pardoning offences is stated by Blackstone to be one of
Imprisonment
has not his liberty freely to go about his business as at other times, Co. Litt. 253. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by fine or imprisonment or … 1869, enacts that:- With the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, no person shall, after the commencement of this Act, be arrested or imprisoned for making default in payment of a sum of money. There shall be excepted from the
Vagrants
on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by falsehood. It points out three classes of persons:- 1st, idle and disorderly persons; 2nd, rogues and vagabonds; 3rd, incorrigible … 5, to be deemed 'incorrigible rogues' under the Act:-(1) Every person escaping out of any place of legal confinement before the expiration of the term for which he shall have been committed thereto by the Act. (2)
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Affirmation
oath are immaterial, and the expression 'oath' in the Act includes 'affirmation'; see s. 15. See the (English) False Oaths (Scotland) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 20), which consolidates and simplifies the law of
Character
asked, but if he gives one he must do so honestly, and his answer in prima facie privileged. False Characters.--Giving false characters, whether verbal, R. v. Connolly, (1910) 1 KB 28, or not, to servants, is punishable
Pardon
on the 24th day of February, 1896, convicted on certain charges of obtaining rings and other Articles by false pretences with intent to defraud, and was sentenced to seven years penal servitude; We in consideration of some
Births, Marriages, and Deaths
(English) Notification of Births Acts, 1907 to 1915, but is without prejudice to the Registration Acts. As to false statements as to births or deaths, see (English) Perjury Act, 1911 (c. 6), s. 4. As to forgery … and Records Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 1) contains provisions relating to the care and custody of parochial registers. By the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, repealing the (English) Notification of Births Acts, 1907
Public order
or the community ......, Mohammed Allabux v. State, AIR 1965 Guj 126. Public order, in regard to Preventive Detention Acts is an expression of wide connotation and signifies that state of tranquility prevailing among the members of
Discharge
(1999) 6 SCC 275. Used in sub-s. (3) of s. 50 is used in the sense that the detention is terminated, State of Rajasthan v. Ram Chandra, (2005) 5 SCC 151 [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,
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