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Preventive detention. By the (English) Prevention of Crime Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 59), s. 10, as amended by the (English) Indictments Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 90), a person after three previous convictions after attaining sixteen years of age, can with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, R. v. Waller, (1910) 1 KB 364, in certain cases be charged, R. v. Smith, (1910) 1 KB 17, with being an habitual criminal, and if the charge is established, he can, in addition to a punishment of penal servitude, receive a further sentence of not less than five years or more than ten years, called a sentence of preventive detention. During such detention the Secretary of State has power to let the person out on licence, if he is satisfied that there is a reasonable probability that he will abstain from crime and lead a useful an industrious life, or that he is no longer capable of engaging in crime. Unless the offender admits he is an habitual criminal the jury must determine whether...
Fire prevention and fire safety measures
Fire prevention and fire safety measures, s. 2(g) 'fire prevention and fire safety measures' means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws for the prevention, control and fighting of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire. [Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 1986 (56 of 1986), s. 2(g)]...
Preventive detention and punitive detention
Preventive detention and punitive detention, there is a vital distinction between these two kinds of detention. 'Punitive detention' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention' is not by way of punishment at all, but it is intended to prevent a person from indulging in conduct injurious to the society. The power of preventive detention has been recognised as a necessary evil and is tolerated in a free society in the larger interest of security of the State and maintenance of public order. It is a drastic power to detain a person without trial and there are many countries where it is not allowed to be exercised except in times of war or aggression, Francis Coralie Mullin v. Adm UT of Delhi, AIR 1981 SC 746 (749): (1981) 1 SCC 608....
Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871
Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (English) (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112). This Act, which was amended by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 55), and which repeals and replaces the Habitual Criminals Act, 1869, provides for the keeping of a register of criminals, and the photographing of all persons convicted of crime with a view to their identification, and for subjecting to the supervision of the police persons who have been twice convicted of crime, and for the amendment of the law with regard to licences under the Penal Servitude Acts. See also PREVENTIVE DETEN-TION; BORSTAL INSTITUTION; and PENAL SERVITUDE....
Punitive and preventive detention
Punitive and preventive detention, 'punitive deten-tion' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention' is not by way of punishment at all, but it is intended to pre-empt a person from indulging in conduct injurious to the society. The power of preventive detention has been recognised as a necessary evil and is tolerated in a free society in the larger interest of security of the State and maintenance of public order. It is a drastic power to detain a person without trial and there are many countries where it is not allowed to be exercised except in times of war or aggression. Our Constitution does recognise the existence of this power, but it is hedged-in by various safeguards set out in Articles 21 and 22; Francis Coralie Mullion v. Administrator, AIR 1981 SC 746: (1981) 1 SCC 608: (1981) 2 SCR 516....
preventive detention
preventive detention : detention of a defendant awaiting trial for the purpose of preventing further misconduct or protecting an individual or the public ...
Preventable
Capable of being prevented or hindered as preventable diseases...
Preventative
That which prevents incorrectly used instead of preventive...
Contagious Diseases Prevention Acts (English)
Contagious Diseases Prevention Acts (English) (29 Vict. c. 35, and 32 & 33 Vict. c. 96). These Acts, sometimes termed the C.D. Acts, were passed to prevent 'venereal diseases, including gonorrh'a,' by the medical examination and detention of prostitutes. They were in force at certain naval and military stations, and were repealed in 1886 by 49 & 50 Vict. c. 10. See Amos on the Laws for the Regulation of Vice....
Prevent
Prevent, according to the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 'prevent' means to act before, in anticipation of, or in preparation for (a future event, a point in time). The other meanings are to stop, hinder and avoid; make impracticable or impossible, by anticipatory action; stop from happening, State of Maharashtra v. Umrani, (1997) 11 SCC 426....
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