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    Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary...
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    indictment (required for an indictable offence). In Canada, summary offences are referred to as summary conviction offences. As in other jurisdictions...
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  • hybrid offence will be tried rests with the crown counsel. Hybrid offences can either be summary offences (minor crimes) or indictable offences (major...
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    more general offence of fraud under the Fraud Act 2006. This section creates an offence of false accounting. It is an indictable offence with a maximum...
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  • years of age. A minor indictable offence, gross indecency carries a maximum term of imprisonment of three years for a first time offence, and five years for...
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  • limitations for crimes triable by jury, known as indictable offences. This includes either-way offences that are tried by jury. Following a number of acquittals...
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  • are guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. Perjury is a statutory offence in England and Wales...
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  • obtaining evidence connected to the offence causing the arrest, as long as the offence or suspected offence was indictable. This power is provided by Section...
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  • an offence under any Act or statutory instrument, or the person has just committed any such offence, or the person has committed a serious indictable offence...
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    Attempting to choke, &c., to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence. Certain forms of attack have always been viewed with particular horror...
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