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    Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary...
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    indictment (required for an indictable offence). In Canada, summary offences are referred to as summary conviction offences. As in other jurisdictions...
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  • hybrid offence will be tried rests with the crown counsel. Hybrid offences can either be summary offences (minor crimes) or indictable offences (major...
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    Paramalingam was charged by Peel police as an accessory after the fact of an indictable offence. He was also wanted by U.S. authorities in Pennsylvania for allegedly...
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    more general offence of fraud under the Fraud Act 2006. This section creates an offence of false accounting. It is an indictable offence with a maximum...
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  • are guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. Perjury is a statutory offence in England and Wales...
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  • years of age. A minor indictable offence, gross indecency carries a maximum term of imprisonment of three years for a first time offence, and five years for...
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  • limitations for crimes triable by jury, known as indictable offences. This includes either-way offences that are tried by jury. Following a number of acquittals...
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  • an offence under any Act or statutory instrument, or the person has just committed any such offence, or the person has committed a serious indictable offence...
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  • imposed where the offender was at least 21 years old at the time of the offence being committed. Until 1957, the mandatory sentence for all adults convicted...
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  • obtaining evidence connected to the offence causing the arrest, as long as the offence or suspected offence was indictable. This power is provided by Section...
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    indictable offence, if they reasonably suspect that there is evidence that relates to the offence they have been arrested for or another indictable offence...
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    In August 2023, he was found not guilty of concealing a serious indictable offence. Brian Charles Houston was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 February...
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  • and the United Kingdom, the crimes are divided into summary offences and indictable offences. The Republic of Ireland, a former member of the Commonwealth...
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  • provides that an accessory to an indictable offence shall be treated in the same way as if he had actually committed the offence himself. Section 8 of the Act...
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  • grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon. He appeared at Westminster...
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    published", receives the same penalty. A "libel known to be false" is an indictable offence, for which the prison term is a maximum of five years. The criminal...
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  • attempting to commit an indictable offence punishable by mandatory life imprisonment; being an accessory to the fact after an indictable offence punishable by mandatory...
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  • Instead, serious crimes are classified as indictable offences, and less serious crimes as summary offences. In some civil law jurisdictions, such as Italy...
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    or is a testamentary instrument the offence is commonly referred to as Theft Over $5000 and is an indictable offence with a maximum punishment of 10 years...
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  • libel, although this can refer to several offences of libel) Disabling in order to commit an indictable offence (in other words choking or strangulation)...
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    "if, as a result of the incident, the driver is charged with an indictable offence related to the operation of the automobile;". FDR S. 20 (1)(d). "if...
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    suspecting to be committing, have committed or be guilty of committing an indictable offence", although certain conditions must be met before taking such action...
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  • civilian court, the Magistrates' Court for minor offences, or the Crown Court for serious (indictable) offences. The punishments that can be imposed on a convicted...
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    Schedule IV: It is not an indictable offence to possess a Schedule IV substance for personal use. If tried as a summary conviction offence, the defendant is liable...
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  • prosecution also stated, "Whereas in 1970 Frank Houston committed a serious indictable offence, namely indecent assault of a male, Brian Houston between 15 September...
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    exceptional cases where the youth has committed an indictable offence. Further, the nature of the indictable offence must be such that imposing a non-custodial...
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  • intent to commit an indictable offence, has his face masked or coloured or is otherwise disguised is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment...
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    guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen years, where the subject-matter of the offence is a testamentary...
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  • that the provoking act be a "wrongful act or insult", not a serious indictable offence. In Australia, Tasmania became the first state to abolish the partial...
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