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Piracy

section a public execution will have to take place, as the section is not within the (English) Capital Punishment Amendment Act, 1868 (31 Vict. c. 24). Section 3 of the Act of 1837 as now amended provides

Penalty

taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549. Penalty, is legal or official punishment such as a term of imprisonment, N.K. Jain v. C.K. Shah, AIR 1991 SC 1289. [Employees' Provident Fund

Penal Servitude

Penal Servitude, a punishment in the United King-dom which by the Penal Servitude Act, 1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond

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felony

felony pl: -nies : a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor ;specif : a federal crime for which the punishment

death penalty

death penalty : death as punishment for a crime called also capital punishment see also cruel and unusual punishment Gregg v. Georgia in the

Sessions of the peace

capital felony, or for any felony which, when committed by a person not previously convicted of felony, is punishable by penal servitude for life, or for: (1) Misprision of treason. (2) Offences against the king's title, or

Specific provision to the contrary

Act (Act 60 of 1960) respectively was to give separate treatment to delinquent children in trial, conviction and punishment for offences including offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life. S. 27 is not 'a specific provision

Transportation

Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505. Transportation, the banishing or sending away a criminal into another country. This punishment was introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 39 Eliz. c. 4. The word is first used in

Plant

intent to steal, any plant, root, fruit or vegetable production growing in a garden, orchard, greenhouse, etc., is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment up to six months with or without hard labour, or by fine up

Murder

is caused is done with the intention of causing death (See Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 300) Capital Punishment.--'Every person convicted of murder shall suffer death as a felon.'--(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 &

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