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Falsification
order to induce a purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years, by
False pretence, obtaining property
134. As to guilty knowledge, see R. v. Ollis, (1900) 2 QB 758. Cheating at cards, etc., is punishable as obtaining by false pretence, by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), s. 47.
Exposing
Exposing, in a public thoroughfare a person infected with a contagious disease is a common nuisance, and punishable accordingly, 4 Steph. Com. If the disease is notifiable, it is also punishable on summary conviction under the
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Dangerous person
of or leader of a gang, habitually commits, or attempts to commit or abets the commission of offences, punishable under Chapter XVI or Chapter XVII or Chapter XXII of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or
Bribe
doing or fore-bearing to do any act in relation to his principal's affairs or business is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment or both [the (English) Prevention of Corruption Acts, 1906 and 1916; and see the
Corrupt practices
(23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 79 et seq. Corrupt practices at parliamentary elections are offences punishable by fine or imprisonment, conviction in respect of which disqualifies for membership of the House of Commons and
Conspiracy
or to carry out a lawful common purpose by unlawful means. It is a misdemeanour at common law, punishable with fine and imprisonment to any extent; and also with hard labour in the case of ' any
Black mail
in modern times to signify extortion of money by threatening letters or threats to accuse of crime--an offence punishable, if the crime is punishable, by death or penal servitude for not less than seven years, or be
Birth, Concealing
before, at, or after his birth, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof, shall be guilty of a misdeameanour, punishable with imprisonment not exceeding two years. To constitute the offence it must be established that the mother was
Arsenals
Arsenals [fr. arzana, darzena, tarzana, It.], dockyards, magazines, and other military stores. It is a felony punishable by death to burn or otherwise destroy a royal arsenal (The (English) Dockyards, etc. Protection Act, 1772), (12
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