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Drunkenness
public place or licensed house is punishable by fine (s. 12). Disorderly drunkenness is punishable by fine or imprisonment, and refusal by drunken persons to quit licensed premises is punishable by fine. [(English) Licensing Consolidation Act, 1910,
Specific provision to the contrary
separate treatment to delinquent children in trial, conviction and punishment for offences including offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life. S. 27 is not 'a specific provision to the contrary', within the meaning of s. 5
Penal Servitude
a sentence of penal servitude, the Court may, in its discretion, unless such future Act otherwise provides, award imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years, with or without hard labour. By the Penal Servitude Act, 1926
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Hard labour
1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be either with
Dog stealing
Dog stealing is punishable on summary conviction, for the first offence, by six months' imprisonment and hard labour, or fine not exceeding 20l. beyond the value of the dog. A second offence is,
Assault
assault occasioning actual bodily harm is punishable on indictment by penal servitude for not less than three, or imprisonment for not more than two year, and a common assault by imprisonment for not more than one year;
Accessary, or Accessory
as if he were a principal felon, and an accessory after the fact is in general punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years (with or without hard labour), and may also be required to
felony
that imposed on a misdemeanor ;specif : a federal crime for which the punishment may be death or imprisonment for more than a year see also attainder, treason NOTE: Originally in English law a felony was a
Personal liberty
1836. In England right to personal liberty means in substance a person's right not to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict
Warrant-case
Warrant-case, means a case relating to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),
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