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Drunkenness

form any intention at all, and yet he may by guilty of very great violence.'--Per Patterson, J., in R. v. Cruse, (1838) 8 C&P 541. Thus if a man is so drunk that he is incapable of knowing

Information

Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 112, may be brought by the Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. … Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge. Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in … instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as

Criminal Evidence Act

the defence at every stage of the proceedings. 'Proceedings' do not include the inquiry before the grand jury, R. v. Rhodes, 1899 (1) QB 77. Eight provisos follows, to the following effect:-- (a) The person charged is not … provides (s. 1) that every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall be a competent witness for the defence at every stage of

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Contempt of court

show cause why he should not be committed, and is allowed to file affidavits in the matter. See R. v. Cstro (Onslow and Whalley's case), (1873) LR 9 QB 219; McLeod v. St. Aubyn, 1899 AC 549; and … without such gross insolence or direct opposition, plainly tend to create a universal disregard of their authority. Contempts may be divided into acts of contempt committed in the Court itself (in facie curi') and out of Court.

Name

individual. Proper names are either Christian names, as being given at baptism, or surnames, from the father, 4 Rep. 170. A Christian name may be altered at confirmation with consent of the bishop, and the bishop is … and she can acquire another only by obtaining it by repute obliterating her name by marriage, see Fendall v. Goldsmid, (1877) 2 PD 263. As to retainer of a title, see Cowley v. Cowley, 1901 AC 450.

Alien

s. 1 is to affect the status of any person born before the commencement of the Act. See R. v. Albany, etc., Superintendent, (1915) 3 KB 716. By s. 2 the Secretary of State may, on application and

Public Order Act, 1936

they are frequented by the public, the public go there, Kannammal v. A.S. Kasim, (1989) 1 LR 90; R v. Wallard, 14 QBD 63. Public place, is whether it is open to the members or the public or … Public place, is whether it is open to the members or the public or not even though there may be certain conditions attached to the entry or the use thereof, State v. Dohana Jamnadas, AIR 1961 Guj

Appearance

Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95. An appearance may be expressly made by formal written or oral declaration, or record entry, or it may be implied from some act done with the intention of appearing and submitting to … 2d Appearance 1, at 620 (1995). Means physical appearance and not appearance through advocate, State of West Bengal v. Pranab Ranjan Roy, (1998) 3 SCC 209. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, ss. 167(5)(ii), 436 & 437] The word

Election

s. 2 (a)] The entire process which consists of several stages and embraces many steps, some of which may have an important bearing on the result of the process, N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, AIR 1952 SC … every act taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604). The act of selecting one or more from a

Character

only to contradict witnesses to his good character, and evidence so called must be confined to general reputation, R. v. Rowton, (1865) 34 LJ MC 57. But a previous conviction may then be given in evidence in many

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