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Scripture
(Roscoe on Criminal Evidence, 8th Edn. p. 666); and by 9 & 10 Wm. 3, c. 32, a conviction of a person educated in the Christian religion of having by writing or advised speaking denied the Divine
Sorcery
the same Act enacts that persons pretending to use witchcraft, sorcery, etc., shall suffer one year's imprisonment on conviction. Persons using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive the people, are rogues
Perjury
Perjury, telling lie in a court, Swaran Singh v. State of Punjab, (2005) 5 SCC 668. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Ch 26] The offence committed when a lawful oath or affirmation (see OATHS and AFFIRATION)...
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Fire
conviction for such offence by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding 20l. If, after a contract for the sale or lease of a house, etc., the house,
Rape
Rape, extends also to the forcible sexual intercourse by a woman with a man, as well as the offence of rape as defined in the Indian Penal Code speaks only of forcible sexual intercourse by a...
Animals
(17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 27), various earlier statutes are repealed and further provision made for the punishment of persons guilty of cruelty to domestic or captive animals, and the Court is empowered to order the
habitual criminal law
NOTE: Some such laws have been challenged on the ground of violating the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or on the ground of being an ex post facto
Fare
up to 20l. or in the discretion of the Court by imprisonment up to one month on summary conviction, by the Regulation of Railways Act, 1889, superseding but not repealing s. 103 of the (English) Railways Clauses
Firearms
firearms when arrested for committing certain offences (as set out in the schedule) is liable to a maximum penalty of seven years penal servitude. Both penalties are in addition to any penalty which may be imposed for
Betting
Betting. For definition and for s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), see WAGER. Bets are irrecoverable at law by virtue of s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act,...
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