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Penal statute
Matched in: Term Penal statute
penal statute
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Penalty
Penalty, is a liability under the taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549.
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Imprisonment
Imprisonment, 'imprisonment' shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(27)] The restraint of a person's liberty under the … penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.' As to the right of any person convicted by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction to
Penal Servitude
Matched in: Term Penal Servitude
Common informer
by a retrospective enactment that proceedings therein be stayed in payment of their costs out of pocket. See PENAL STATUTE.
Act of Parliament
latter Act takes effect from the expiration of the former, unless otherwise provided, and except as to any penalty: (English) Acts of Parliament (Expiration) Act, 1808 (48 Geo. 3, c. 106). (2) A statute is to be
Obscene
have arrived here and now, United States v. Kennerley, 209 F 119 (121) (S.D.N.Y. 1913). Obscene, the Indian Penal Code borrowed the word from the English Statute. The Common law offence of obscenity was established in England
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
is an essential ingredient of crime, and this rule ought to be borne in mind in construing all penal statutes', Broom's Leg. Max. Applied by 9 Judges to 5 in Reg. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 168, … an essential ingredient of crime, and this rule ought to be borne in mind in construing all penal statutes', Broom's Leg. Max. Applied by 9 Judges to 5 in Reg. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 168, so
Informer
Informer, a person who prosecutes those who break any law or penal statute; also an approver. See QUI TAM; APPROVER; COMMON INFORMER. Means (1) Informant (2) A private citizen who brings
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