Section 428 Of The Cr - Law Dictionary Search Results
Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At p. 561, not to include a wall; but the definition depends on circumstances, and may include a reservoir, Moran v. Marsland, (1909) 1 KB 744. The London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new building' was defined in s. 23 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909) 2 KB 257. An advertisement hoarding is a building within a restrictive covenant, Nussey v. Provincial Bill Posting Co., (1909) 1 Ch 734; Stevens v. Willing & Co. Ltd., 1929 WN 53. See also Paddington Corporation v...
Imprisonment for life and Imprisonment for a term
Imprisonment for life and Imprisonment for a term, there is a clear distinction between imprison-ment for life and imprisonment for a term, in fact, the two expressions imprisonment for life, and 'imprisonment for a term' have been used in contradistinction with each other, in one and the same section, where the former, must mean imprisonment, for the remainder of the natural life of the convict (vide: definition of 'life' in s. 45, I.P.C.) and the latter must mean imprisonment for a definite or fixed period, Kartar Singh v. State of Haryana, (1982) 3 SCC 1: AIR 1982 SC 1439. (Cr PC, 1973, s. 428; Indian Penal Code, s. 57)...
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