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Public order

Schedule VII) The expression 'public order' was inserted in Article 19(2) of the Constitution by the Constitution First Amendment Act, 1951, the wide concept of 'public order' is split up under different heads. It enables the imposition of … to freedom of speech and expression in the interests of the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an

Magna Carta

relating to county courts, sheriffs' turns, and leets, has long sine fallen into desuetude by reason of new laws upon these subjects, though the sheriff's county Court still exists for the purpose of parliamentary elections, and the … and not be bound by the opinion of the others. The 30th chapter evinces a liberal treatment of foreigners:-'All merchants if they were not openly prohibited before shall have their safe and sure conduct do depart out … (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43), and amending Acts. See JUSTICES. The 18th chapter enacts that:-'If any that holdeth of

Workmen's Compensation Act

Rules, 1926. S. 37 gives power to make Orders in Council giving effect to any convention with a Foreign State providing for reciprocity in matters relating to workmen's compensation, and in particular the Anglo-French Convention of 1909 … character of this particular legislation, but, like the earlier Acts, was very fruitful in litigation. The act was amended and extended by the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act 1923, which repealed the Workmen' s Compensation (War Addition) Acts,

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Extradition

any other State at its request, a person accused or convicted of a criminal offence committed against the laws of the requesting State, such requesting State being competent to try the alleged offender. Though extradition is granted … Extradition, the surrender by a foreign state of a person accused of a crime to the state where it was committed, in order that … shall apply in the case of such foreign state. The Act, as amended by the (English) Extradition Acts, 1873, 1895, and 1906, provides for the

Factor

is a home factor when he resides in the same state or country with his principal, and a foreign factor when he resides in a different state or country. He differs from a broker in this, and … object of facilitating commerce by enabling factors to sell or pledge goods entrusted to them for sale, were amended and consolidated by the (English) Factors Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45), extended to Scotland by

Marriage

or polygamous marriages, see Re Bethell, (1887) 38 Ch D 220. As to marriages of British subjects with foreigners abroad, see the Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 40). Marriages in Scotland.--These marriages are … the interpretation of the words 'knowingly and wilfully' in the ss. quoted, see the report of the Marriage Laws Commission, 1868, where it is further laid down that a marriage would be void 'if it were solemnized … the (English) Marriage Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85), amended by the (English) Marriage and Registration Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict.

Factory

Factory, a place where a number of traders reside in a foreign country for the convenience of trade; also a building in which goods are manufactured. In the Factory and … The (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, which contained 107 s.s and 6 Schedules, consolidated, with a few amendments, the 17 Acts from that of 1802 (42 Geo. 3, c. 73), to 37 & 38 Vict. c.

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction originally seems to have had the meaning which Lord Reid ascribed to it in Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147, namely, the entitlement 'to enter upon the enquiry in question, M.L. Sethi … alternative insti-tutional mechanism or authority, designed to be not less effective than the High Court, consistently with the amended constitutional scheme but at the same time not to negate judicial review jurisdiction of constitutional courts. Transfer of … AIR 1973 SC 2602: (1974) 3 SCC 415. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 100 (1)(d)(iv)] The expression 'jurisdiction' in this section has not

Judgment

v. Sirangu Sathiraju, AIR 1948 Mad 510. The word 'judgment' is not defined in the Code. In Halsbury's Laws of England, 2nd Edn., Vol. 9, paragraphs 260 to 264, it has been stated that judgment in criminal … AIR 1981 SC 1786: (1981) 4 SCC 8. Refusing to allow the amendment, a judgment in terms of clause 15 of the Letters Patent, Prasant … of Judgments, Chit. Stat., tit. 'Judgment and Execution' and 'Land Charges'; and see ESTOPPEL; CONTRACTS OF RECORD; ELEC-TION; FOREIGN JUDGMENT. The word 'judgment' is also used to denote the reasons given by the court for its decision. … generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100]. The several species of

Negligence

See CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACTS. These Acts apply as well for the benefit of the representatives of a deceased foreigner as for those of a British subject, at all events if the wrong-doer is not a foreigner, Davidson … 7, c. 7). The (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), amends the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908, so as to include adopted and illegitimate children among dependants, and damages

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