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Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)

County of London [see Halsb. L.E., vol. 20, p. 393, note (h)] did not exceed in the metropolitan police district 45l. per annum; in Scotland 45l.; and elsewhere 35l.; and 'Class C' houses, of which on the

Fire

provided for by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 171, which incorporates ss. 30-33 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, in the (English) Metropolis by the Fire Brigade Act, 1865, and in parishes by the

Picketing

v. State, AIR 1951 Bom 459 (462). The word 'picketing' is used in clause (a) of Uttar Pradesh Police Regulations not in the sense of offering resistance to the visitor-physical or otherwise-or even dissuading him from entering

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Prostitute

who indiscriminately consorts with men for hire. Solicitation by prostitutes is punishable in towns by the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, s. 28 (in cases where the town is subject to a special Act incorporating that

Sessions of the peace

by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:- I. Petty Sessions.--Metropolitan Police magistrates can act alone (see that title), with that exception, every meeting of two or more justices in

Solicitation

for the purpose of prostitution or solicitation to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers,' see (English) Metropolitan Police Act 1839, s. 54, and s. 28 of the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, where this street offence

Stipendiary Magistrates

Stipendiary Magistrates, paid magistrates ap-pointed in the Metropolis under the (English) Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839; in municipal boroughs, on petition by the council to the Secretary of State, under the

Under colour of duty

Under colour of duty, means where a police officer, taking advantage of his position as a police officer and availing himself of the opportunity coerces a

Ghatwali tenure

Ghatwali tenure, Ghatwali tenures originated dur-ing the Moghul period, that although the services included police duties, they were in their origin just as much of a military as a civil character and that

Drivers, etc., of carriages (UK)

(5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 50), s. 78; 6 & 7 Vict. c. 86, s. 35); Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), ss. 37 et seq.; Offences against the Person Act,

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