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 | New York (State) - Law - 1881 - 242 pages
...the provisions J^JJ,s1™0" thereof, but all such provisions must be construed accord- thls aot' ing to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and effect the objects of the law. § 12. The several sections of this Code which declare or sec- certain crimes to be punishable as therein... | |
 | Criminal law - 1912 - 624 pages
...Insurance Law, and for that reason section 21 of the Penal Law is applicable. Section 21 of the Penal Law provides : " The rule that a penal statute is to be...promote justice and effect the objects of the law." Section 297 of the Penal Law reads as follows : " Misconduct by directors of moneyed corporations.... | |
 | Criminal law - 1910 - 688 pages
...Penal Code that "The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions...promote justice, and effect the objects of the law." (Penal Code, § 11.) Punishment is either the act of inflicting a penalty for an offense or the enduring... | |
 | New York (State) - Criminal law - 1884 - 1000 pages
...this act. — The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions...promote justice and effect the objects of the law. New. § 12. Of sections declaring crimes punishable. — The several sections of this Code which declare... | |
 | Criminal law - 1920 - 672 pages
...construction prescribed in section 21 of the Penal Law, by which all of the provisions of the Penal Law must be construed according to the fair import of...promote justice and effect the objects of the law, said subdivision 12 of section 751 should, I think, receive a construction sufficiently broad to make... | |
 | Criminal law - 1922 - 624 pages
...statute (Penal Law, ji 21) that all provisions of the Penal Law should not In.' construed strictly but according to the fair import of their terms to promote justice and effect the objects of the law, a broker who has constructive possession of securities belonging to a customer and hypothecates, pledges... | |
 | Criminal law - 1885 - 392 pages
...this act — The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions...promote justice and effect the objects of the law. § 12. Of sections declaring crimes punishable. — The several sections of this Code which declare... | |
 | India - India - 1887 - 1084 pages
...Code: "The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code, or to any of the provisions thereof; but all such provisions...promote justice and effect the objects of the law.' The Indian Penal Code was framed by Macaulay with the assistance of Mr., afterwards Sir JM Macleod. As... | |
 | Criminal law - 1887 - 220 pages
...to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions must be construed Recording to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and effect the objects of the law. § 12. Of sections declaring crime i punishable. The several sections of this Code which declare certain... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1270 pages
...which provides: "The rule that a penal statute Is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions...promote justice and effect the objects of the law." — It will be seen that the conviction is fairly within the provisions of the statutes, and should... | |
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