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Section 172 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
By Our reporter at July 10, 2011 | 8:41 pm | 0 Comment POLICE have arrested five Ministry of Finance officials on allegations of fraud and criminal abuse of office after it emerged that they could have embarked on unsanctioned foreign trips while they
Updated: 07/10/2011 04:42P
A Japanese Legal Exam That Sets the Bar High
Akira Goto, a professor of criminal law, teaching a class at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Mr. Goto said the questions on the Japanese bar exam were too advanced and convoluted. By MIKI TANIKAWA TOKYO — Kazuhisa Otsuka, 31, graduated from a law
Updated: 07/10/2011 03:56P
DTAC strife continues
Alongkorn Ponlaboot on Friday sent a written order to Banyong Limprayoonwong, director-general of the ministry's Business Development Department, to pursue a legal case with the Royal Thai Police today. However, an official of the department indicated
Updated: 07/10/2011 03:07P
Match-Fixing & Illegal Betting Causing FIFA Great Concern - Sepp Blatter
That's why we have started to work with Interpol, as the Fifa Statutes have no jurisdiction over national criminal law," Blatter said in a press conference. "We need the help of governments and their courts, but we also need a police investigation,
Updated: 07/10/2011 02:33P
The Turkish model and the Arab world (2)
The most familiar one focuses on the potential evolution of political Islam and asks whether the Muslim Brotherhood will consider the Justice and Development Party (AKP) as a model. The second dimension of the Turkish model is about the role of the
Updated: 07/10/2011 12:12P
Contempt for contempt
Under criminal law, a person who insults another without any particular reason faces a potential prison sentence of less than a year or a fine of less than 2 million won. The phrase “without any particular reason” is important.
Updated: 07/10/2011 11:00A
The crime of insanity: Alberta killers deemed unfit for trial
Under the Criminal Code, people found unfit for trial or not criminally responsible are placed under the authority of provincial mental health boards, which are required to conduct annual reviews of their cases. In 2010, the Manitoba Criminal Code
Updated: 07/10/2011 10:36A
The crime of insanity
Under the Criminal Code, people found unfit for trial or not criminally responsible are placed under the authority of provincial mental health boards, which are required to conduct annual reviews of their cases. In 2010, the Manitoba Criminal Code
Updated: 07/10/2011 04:47A
Local officials weigh in on sentencing reform
"The strategies the bill adopts will force more of the burden of dealing with more criminal offenders on the local government. "As always, whenever the Legislature rewrites major parts of criminal law, there arise questions of interpretation and
Updated: 07/10/2011 04:16A
Court stumbles upon 'interesting anomaly' in law on sodomy
Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain stumbled upon this interesting legal anomaly in criminal law relating to the penal offence of unnatural sexual offences under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, while reviewing a magisterial court's judgement in
Updated: 07/10/2011 03:15A
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