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President signs Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2011
Islamabad : President Asif Ali Zardari Monday signed the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2011 to make a law that seeks to grant statutory bail both to under trial prisoners and the convicts whose trials and appeals have not been disposed
Updated: 04/18/2011 03:05P
DSI summons 18 red shirts
to offences against national security under the Criminal Code. The 18 co-leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship who attended last Sunday's rally are accused of insulting the monarchy and inciting others to disobey the law.
Updated: 04/18/2011 03:03P
Lawmakers could take guns to game if Texas law passes
AP AUSTIN - Statewide officials and lawmakers would be allowed to carry concealed handguns into sporting events, bars, churches and hospitals under a proposed law. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved the bill on Friday.
Updated: 04/18/2011 03:00P
President Signs: Law to Grant Statutory Bail to Under Trial Prisoners
He said that the law envisaged special concessions to under trial women prisoners. The time frame specified for under trial women prisoners for eligibility to statutory bail is half of the time frame for male convicts, he said.
Updated: 04/18/2011 02:46P
China: Zero Tolerance on Illegal Organ Transplants
China's newly revised Criminal Law, which the top legislature adopted in February of this year, is the first to enumerate crimes related to transactions in human organs. Criminals convicted of "forced organ removal, forced organ donation or organ
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:17P
China to Launch Nationwide Crackdown on Illegal Organ Transplants
The crackdown, which would continue until the end of 2011, would mainly target illegal organ transplants performed by medical institutions without transplant qualifications, the ministry said in a circular, vowing "harsh punishment" and zero tolerance
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:17P
How a 'Tough-on-Crime' State Became Smart on Crime
Tom Jensen, a criminal defense attorney. Pew provided research about what had worked in other states, such as Texas, which reduced costs while lowering the crime rate. Polling showed the public preferred “swift and certain punishment” to long,
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:13P
Preventive detentions on rise in Gujarat: Ravani
"The preventive detention is finding maximum usage in Gujarat," Ravani said adding that the Prevention of Anti Social Activity Act (PASA) is being used in Gujarat like any other normal law that refers to the Indian Penal Code(IPC) and Criminal
Updated: 04/18/2011 12:14P
President signs bill for bail of under-trial prisoners, convicts
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill, 2011 on Monday to make a law that seeks to grant statutory bail for both under-trial prisoners and convicts. The Bill was signed at a special ceremony at the
Updated: 04/18/2011 11:47A
Indonesia: Suicide bomber's father says "when I gave him advice he called me
Syarif had also said the Indonesian Criminal Code was mostly inherited from Dutch laws, which was made by “infidels”. He said the Indonesian Criminal Code should instead be based on Islamic law, since the majority of the Indonesian people were Muslim.
Updated: 04/18/2011 11:07A
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