the hierarchy of courts in Malaysia and discuss its establishment and composition. Federal Court: 5 or 7 judges Court of Appeal: 3 judges High Court of Malaya: 1 judge Sessions Court: 1 judge Magistrates’ Court: 1 judge High Court of Sabah and Sarawak: 1 judge Sessions Court: 1 judge Magistrates’ Court: 1 judge 4. In Malaysia‚ federal laws are made by parliament. Explain clearly the process by which such laws are made. First Reading When a bill is first
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EVIDENCE We must develop the ability to apply principles of cases also to other parts of the work The case of S v Nel (mother doing washing and dagga was sold to the accused) deals with a trap and secondly with the relevance of evidence because they wanted to call the mother of the accused to testify. If you know the case‚ the case can be used as authority for other sections of the work as well – should not be restricted only to the specific section of the work. Also the case of Holtzhausen
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Immoral Traffic Prevention Act‚ 1986 In 1950 the Government of India ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others. In 1956 India passed the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act‚ 1956 (SITA). The act was further amended and changed in 1986‚ resulting in the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act also know as PITA. PITA only discusses trafficking in relation to prostitution and not in relation to
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authorities until 2014‚ working as a teacher under a fake ID and CV‚ but was deported back to Australia due to an expired visa‚ where he was required to face the murder of his mother he thought he had left behind him. Li was first sent to the Adelaide Magistrates Court to appeal for bail. The prosecutors opposed the idea of this‚ alluding to the seriousness of the crime and the risk of him fleeing once more. They also outlined the course of action Li took as he escaped to the court. Li apparently tried
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Benjamin‚ especially when they were alone together. The moment Benjamin was given to Barta by the decision of the magistrate‚ it was because the census takers exposed who Benjamin was to Barta because she was a Caucasian lady. The census takers felt that it was right to take Benjamin away from Fiela because she was African. Fiela could not go against her own will to make the magistrate consider that Benjamin is her child because of her racial background. When it comes to a legal system‚ Caucasians
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In New England‚ mass agitation and paranoia resulted in a notorious episode of American history known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What started as an amount of accusations from a group of girls‚ turned into a series of disastrous events. These girls accused several local woman of the small town of Salem located in the state of Massachusetts of playing with the devil‚ casting spells and being witches. This series of events was considered a new phenomenon in America‚ but across Europe it was
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Idia | Private case | Dike Demosia | Public case | Apagoge | “Dragging away”; summary arrest acceptable in some criminal cases (robbery) | Ephegesis | Volunteer prosecutor leads the magistrate to the defendant for arrest. | Endeixis | The volunteer prosecutor first explains the charge to the magistrate and is then authorized to make the arrest. | Apographe | “Written list”: catalogue of some or all the property of a man in debt to the State. | Probole | A preliminary hearing at the Ekklesia
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The role of the custody officer was created by the Police and Criminal evidence act 1984 (PACE act). Throughout this essay I will be discussing the role of the custody officer and exploring the stages that must be undertaken when a person is detained and processed through custody post arrest. I will also discuss the various sections of the Human Rights Act 1998 that are affected when a person is detained‚ the limits of a persons detention‚ and the processes that must be undertaken if the custody
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Criminal Law Year 11 Legal Studies Term 2 – 2015 What is Criminal? Criminal conduct is behaviour that the law deems to be wrongful. Criminal law covers the acts and omissions that most people in society consider harmful. As well as causing harm to a victim‚ a crime is also regarded as harming the society as a whole. Behaviour that breaks one of these criminal rules is an offence. Sources of Criminal Law Criminal law is the responsibility of the States. The Commonwealth can enact
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CIP3701/105/1/2013 Tutorial letter 105/1/2013 Civil Procedure – Module 2 CIP3701 Semester 1 Department of Criminal and Procedural Law IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Dear Student This tutorial letter comprises the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 INTRODUCTION TUTORIAL LETTERS COMPOSITION OF THE MAY 2013 EXAMINATION PAPER STUDYING AND PREPARATION FOR THE EXAMINATION CONTACT WITH THE LECTURERS CONCLUDING REMARKS ANNEXURE A: SAMPLE
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