Parliamentary Debates, Volume 17, Issues 24-38 |
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Page 2049 - Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
Page 2049 - No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time when the criminal offence was committed.
Page 2075 - WHEREAS it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law...
Page 2051 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Page 1691 - Council, 1946 and 1947, and other written law with reference to the following among such other matters as the Committee may consider necessary — (1) the establishment of a Republic ; (2) the guaranteeing of fundamental rights ; (3) the position of the Senate and Appointed Members of the House of Representatives ; and (4...
Page 2001 - Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Page 1815 - ... the Minister may, from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette...
Page 2075 - Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people...
Page 2035 - Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.
Page 2661 - Majesty may be engaged; (b) for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community...