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Garrotting
by the Garrotters Act, 1863 (26 & 27Vict. c. 44), the crimes of robbery with violence, which is punishable by penal servitude under s. 23 of the Larceny Act, 1916, and choking, etc., with intent to commit
Forgery
Act, 'the counterfeiting of a seal or die,' and forgery 'with intent to defraud or deceive 'is made punishable as therein provided. A document is 'false' if 'the whole or any material part thereof purports to be
Abusing children
girl be under the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) years, the offences is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life; if the girl be above the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards
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Assault
Hawk. P. C. c. lxii., s. 1. The various kinds of assault are successively dealt with and made punishable by ss. 36-47 and ss. 52 and 62 (indecent assaults) of the (English) Offences against the Person Act,
Reprieve
Reprieve [fr. reprendre, Fr., to take back], the suspension of the execution of a criminal's sentence. It may take place (1) ex mandato regis, at the mere pleasure of the Crown. Or (2) ex arbitrio judicis,...
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a great number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this...
Reduction in rank
rank, his reduction from an officiating higher rank to his substantive lower rank will not ordinarily be a punishment (AIR 1958 SC 36 referred); Shitla Sahai Srivastava v. North Eastern Railways, AIR 1966 SC 1197 (1199): (1966)
Crime
this definition is too wide; and would include any evil act or movement whether or not it is punishable by law. The (English) Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112), s. 5, defines
Foreign Enlistment Act
service of any foreign state at war with any foreign state at peace with the Crown, he is punishable by fine and imprisonment or either; and by s. 11, if any person within the British Dominions 'prepares
Fare
(31 & 32 Vict. c. 119), s. 16. Travelling without prepayment and with intent to avoid payment is punishable by fine up to 40s., and on second or subsequent offence either by fine up to 20l. or
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