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Metro police hear plans for citizen's arrest law
Nicholson said the current law is old and hard to understand for many people. "The law with respect to defence of property and the person covers nine different sections of the Criminal Code (of Canada). It hasn't been touched since the 1800s.
Updated: 02/24/2011 05:08A
Tech at Night: Copyright, COICA, Google, Net Neturality, Internet Kill Switch
But the blame for that cannot rest with the Internet. The blame lies with the RIAA for failing to act. If we assume that it is not a coincidence that the RIAA's peak came with the launch of Napster, the question still remains to be answered why it took
Updated: 02/24/2011 04:59A
CBI registers case against former Mumbai Port Trust officials
It was alleged that public servants of Mumbai Port Trust entered into a criminal conspiracy with others with the intention of causing wrongful pecuniary loss to the Mumbai Port Trust in the matter of allotment of sheds for use by a Mumbai-based private
Updated: 02/24/2011 04:39A
Executive committee updates firearms bylaw
Most municipalities have bylaws for situations where use is not appropriate, but would not be illegal under federal law. "It's a bylaw that will rarely be invoked, because the Criminal Code will capture most incidences involving firearms," Browne said,
Updated: 02/24/2011 04:15A
Scottish Parliament hears statement on the Cadder Judgment
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Kenny MacAskill): On 26 October 2010, the United Kingdom Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Cadder v Her Majesty's Advocate. The case considered the law and practice in Scotland of interviewing detained
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:28A
Death for Organ Traffickers Proposed in China
Previously those convicted of forced organ removal were charged with illegal business operation, since there is no specific offence covering the act in China's criminal law, the report said. The amendment was submitted Wednesday to the National
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:21A
Zim's Egypt Style Activists Charged With Treason
Prosecutors sneaked in the charge of treason as defined in Section 20 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 or alternatively contravening Section 22 (2) (a) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act,
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:13A
Gov't approves criminal liability of businesses
Under the bill, legal entities would have criminal liability in the case of penal law violations by companies' managers and their supervisory bodies. If found guilty, legal entities would face high fines, property confiscation, ban on participation in
Updated: 02/24/2011 02:52A
A Brief History of Toothless Gun Control Laws
out of business. The FOPA also repealed portions of GCA68. Interstate sales of handguns were still restricted to FFL holders, but the FOPA reopened interstate sales of long guns on a limited basis and ended record keeping on ammunition sales.
Updated: 02/24/2011 02:23A
China proposes death penalty for traffickers
Previously those convicted of forced organ removal were charged with illegal business operation, since there is no specific offence covering the act in China's criminal law, the report said. The amendment was submitted Wednesday to the National
Updated: 02/24/2011 02:03A
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