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Imprisonment
the court. Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. … in the Indian Penal Code. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(27)] The restraint of a person's liberty under the custody of another. It extends in law to confinement not only in a gaol, but
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Children
person under eighteen and a young person under seventeen cannot (s. 52 (2) (3) be sent to penal servitude and can only be imprisoned if of an unruly or depraved character, and a child under fourteen can … Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 107, as meaning, for the purposes of the
Age
that a 'child,' i.e., a person under 14, shall not be imprisoned or sent to prison or penal servitude; and a 'young person,' i.e., a person of 14 or upwards and under 17, shall not be sent … discern good from evil (malitia supplet 'tatem-malice supplies age). The old rule in criminal matters was that a person of the age of 14 might be capitally punished for any capital offence, but under the age of
Firearms
attempted use of firearms or imitation firearms to avoid arrest punishable with a maximum of fourteen years penal servitude, and also for being in possession of such firearms or imitation firearms when arrested for committing certain offences … by including smoothbore shot gun, air gun, or air rifle and ammunition, if deemed a lethal weapon. A person under seventeen shall not purchase or hire, nor shall anyone sell to such person, a firearm or ammunition.
Perjury
false or does not believe to be true, he will be guilty of perjury and liable to penal servitude for not exceeding seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not exceeding two years, or … portions of one hundred and thirty other statutes. The Act may be briefly summarised as follows: If any person lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in a 'judicial proceed-ing' wilfully makes a statement material
Falsification
or any interest therein for money or money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to … official document or in any copy thereof, with intent to defraud or deceive, is felony punishable by penal servitude up to seven years by s. 3(3) of the (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5,
Wounding
by s. 18 of the Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, a felony, punishable up to penal servitude for life; and by s. 19 of the same Act unlawfully and maliciously wounding or inflicting any grievous … Unlawfully and maliciously wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm to any person by any means is, by s. 18 of the Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, a felony,
Vagrants
by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7. As to the possession of firearms entailing penal servitude by a person committing certain offences under the Vagrancy Acts, see Firearms, etc. (Criminal Use) Act, 1933 (23 … 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 rogues. First. Idle and Disorderly Persons.-The following
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