The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1838 - Asia |
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Abu Soffian Affghans appears Arabic army Assam assault attempt authority bánka Bengal Bombay Brahmaputra brahmin British Burmese Cabool Cabul Calcutta Candahar Capt cause death cause grievous hurt character cheats China Chinese circumstances civil clause Code coin commit mischief committed the offence committed theft consent counterfeit Court criminal Cuttack dacoits defamation Dost Mahomed Khan East-India edict Egypt extend to three false fraudulently Futteh Khan Girnar Government Herat Hindu house-trespass India inscriptions intending or knowing khalif king labour less letter liable Lieut Mauritius ment Mohammed murder native object offence defined officers Páli party Persian person Peshawur Piyadasi possession present prince punished with imprisonment purch religion render rupees Russia Sacy says servants Shah Shooja Singphos Suddia Syria Tamim Ansari term territories thee thing thou tion tribes voluntarily causes voluntary culpable homicide Whoever commits whole Yona
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Page 334 - Whoever by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except in the cases hereinafter excepted, to defame that person.
Page 334 - ... shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Page 155 - ... it to die after its birth, shall, if such act be not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the mother, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both.
Page 159 - A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to that other, or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any part of that other's body, or with anything...
Page 242 - ... theft, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Page 75 - Government may by such rules prescribe as penalties for the infringement thereof imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both.
Page 336 - Z's book is foolish; Z must be a weak man. Z's book is indecent; Z must be a man of impure mind'.
Page 333 - ... shall be punished with imprisonment of cither description for a term which may extend to one month, or fine which may extend to Rs.
Page 170 - So, also, if one gives a woman with child a medicine to procure abortion, and it operates so violently as to kill the woman ; this is murder in the person who gave it.
Page 249 - Whoever, with intent to cause, or knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the public or to any person, causes the destruction of any property, or any such change in any property or in the situation thereof as destroys or diminishes its value or utility, or affects it injuriously, commits "mischief".