Section 376E and Section 376EA of the Penal Code 1871 INTRODUCTION In contemporary times, “grooming” activities have now infiltrated the virtual setting and evolved into a social risk for unsuspecting minors or young adults. “Grooming” activities are often difficult...
Section 424 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 imposes a legal duty to every person who is aware of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any arrestable offence punishable under a wide range of offences listed here. The said person must,...
Sections 64 and 65 of Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276, 2004 Rev Ed) The Road Traffic Act amendment bill of 2019 was passed on 8 July 2019 and took effect on 1 November 2019. In the Ministry of Home Affairs press release regarding these said amendments, it was stated that...
Culpable Homicide Under Section 299 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed), a person commits the offence of culpable homicide if he causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death; with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to...
What is road rage? Road rage can be described as an incidence of violence perpetrated by road users, stemming from differences that arise in the course of the shared use of roads. Such differences may involve aggressive and ungracious acts of driving such as honking,...
Theft (Sec 379 to 382 Penal Code) Under section 379 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed), anyone who commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of up to 3 years, or with fine, or with both. While there is no mandatory imprisonment term for offences of...
Offence of Cheating under sec 420 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed) A person cheats when he deceives any person and dishonestly induces that person he deceived to deliver any property or cause damage or harm to any person in body, mind, reputation or property....
The Criminal Law Reform Bill of 2019 took effect from 1 January 2020. It enhanced penalties for sexual exploitation offences involving minors below the age of 16 and addressed new offences for sexual exploitation of minors between 16 and 18 years of age. The...
Criminal Law Reform Bill 2019 The Criminal Law Reform Bill of 2019 was passed on 6 May 2019 and has since taken effect on 1 January 2020. Section 509 of the Penal Code, which previously addressed the wide range of offences relating to the insult of modesty of a woman,...
This article will deal with hurt caused unintentionally through rash or negligent acts. Lack of the intention to cause hurt in these offences differentiates them from the offences involving voluntary causing of hurt (Sections 321 – 334A of the Penal Code). Section 337...