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The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of 1869, 32-33 Vict., for the Dominion of Canada
The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of 1869 3233 Vict for the Dominion of Canada Author:Canada General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Original Publisher: Printed by Lovell Subjects: Criminal law Law / General Law / Criminal Law / General Law / Criminal Procedure Reference / Catalogs Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or ... more »missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: It is trite to say that the right of the Privy Council to allow appeals from the Colonial Courts cannot be restricted by Colonial legislation, and that a Colonial Statute enacting that the decision of a Court shall be final and conclusive, does not affect the prerogative rights of Her Majesty's Privy Council: In re Murois, 15 Moore's P. C., 189 ; Reg. vs. Coote, ubi supra; Mc- Phersoris Priv. Council Practice, 5, 22, 80. In the Province of Quebec, the following enactment, contained in sec. 6 of ch. 105, Con. Stat. L. (.'., stands unrepealed: " Inasmuch as His late Majesty King George the Third was pleased to signify it to be his royal pleasure that appeals be admitted to himself in Privy Council, in all cases of fines imposed for misdemeanors, provided the fines so imposed amounted to or exceeded the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, the appellant first giving good security that he would effectually prosecute the same, and answer the condemnation if the sentence imposing such fine was affirmed. Therefore, as often as such case happens, the execution, and all proceedings in the nature of execution, shall be stayed as to such fine, whenever such security is offered by recognizance filed for that purpose; and whenever a doubt arises concerning the sufficiency of the security, it shall be deemed to be valid, and stay execution, unless the Governor, in twenty days from the filing of the said recognizance, certifies in writing to the Court his disapprob...« less