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may be required to give evidence in proceedings in respect of the offence; prevent the fabrication of evidence in respect of the offence; or would not preserve...

woman unknown to the Jones family, was arrested on the scene and later charged with murder. Skana pleaded guilty to the lesser included offence of manslaughter...

inchoate offence is an offence relating to a criminal act which has not, or not yet, been committed. The main inchoate offences are attempting to commit;...

creates the offence commonly known as "wasting police time", committed by giving false information to the police "tending to show that an offence has been...

member had admissible evidence to suspect a person of an offence and wished to question that suspect about an offence, the officer should first caution...

criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against the...

assisting somebody in committing suicide is punishable by imprisonment for up to three years. Besides deliberate killing, Danish law contains two offences regarding...

should be discovered so as to give rise to the observation that somebody else was responsible and not she herself". To ensure this was not the case...

Act gives a statutory definition of the criminal offence of fraud, defining it in three classes—fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose...

of making this a criminal offence — particularly for women, as often recommended — are not as encouraging. She is averse to holding the adulterous woman...

speech). It is treated as a civil wrong (tort, delict), as a criminal offence, or both.[additional citation(s) needed] Defamation and related laws can...

"The policy is that we will not give evidence that will, or information that will, directly cause or result in somebody receiving the death penalty, but...

has sex with somebody they are not married to, the person they are married to is given the liberty, by the criminal procedure code, to file for an 'adultery'...

or somebody associated with him had disposed of them. Before he could be brought on murder charges, Arguelles' lawyer sought to have his sex offences convictions...

Offences Act 2003 creates the offence of "rape of a child under 13" and contains no reference to consent. After describing the sexual act the offence...

particular category and transmission type of vehicle must be accompanied by somebody who has held a full driving licence for that category and transmission...

and violent offences, with his violent criminal history spanning more than three decades, and with every release from prison has been known to commit further...

Chandrakirana, has stated that: "Adultery must not be classified as a criminal offence at all". A joint statement by the United Nations Working Group on discrimination...

a feud. Even if somebody is convicted of a crime that he has not committed, he is supposed to serve the sentence rather than give the police information...

list of offences that could most easily justify summary dismissal for a first offence. Dismissal for a reason contrary to statute or contrary to a statutory...