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Offence
Criminal Procedure, State v. Padma Kant Malviya, AIR 1954 All 523 (537) (FB). Even breaches of the Customs laws entailing a monetary penalty or forfeiture of the goods concerned would be offences as contemplated by Article 20(3), … Roscoe's Criminal Evidence. It means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force and includes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under s. 20 of the
Martial law
(1) from 'military law' (see that title), and (2) from that 'martial law' which forms part of the laws and usages of war. The term 'martial law' is also sometimes used as meaning the common law right … of acts of persons in the maintenance or restoration of order in any area where martial law was in force, validate any sentence passed, punishment inflicted, forfeiture ordered or any other act done under martial law, Commentary on
Abduction
or interest in the woman's property, (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861. (c) Where any person by force takes away or detains any woman being of age with like intent (Ib. s. 54). It is a
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Army (UK)
Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny Acts usually expiring in April,
Power
in the instance of the Land Tax Redemption Acts, are both Common Law authorities. The estate passed by force of the will or passes by force of the Act, and the person who executes the power merely
Equality before law and equal protection of laws
Matched in: Term Equality before law and equal protection of laws
Civil prison
of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894, or under any other law for the time being in force. [Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1) (e); means any jail or place used for the detention
Company
Instruments Act, 1881, s. 141) Means a company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1985 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 10, p. 9. Includes any body corporate, whether incorporated in Great Britain or … of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1912, or any other law relating to cooperative societies for the time being in force in any State. [Land Acquisition Act,1894, s. 3 (e)]. State of Punjab v. Raja Ram, AIR 1981 SC
Desertion
legal position has been admirably summarized in paras 453 and 454 at pp. 241 to 243 of Halsbury's Laws of England (3rd Edn.), Vol. 12, in the following words:' 'In its essence desertion means the intentional permanent … the meaning of the expression 'desertion' in Military law is stated as follows: Any member of the armed forces who - (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with
Custom
of Trade. See CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY; USAGE. A custom, in order to be binding, must derive its force from the fact that by long usage it has obtained the force of law, but the English rule
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