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Age-of-consent reform is an effort to change age-of-consent laws. Proposed reforms typically include raising, lowering, or abolishing the age of consent, applying (or not applying) close-in-age exemptions, changing penalties, or changing how cases are examined in court.
Section 20A; Section 21 notice; Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code; Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus; Secured transactions in the United States; Sedition Act 1948; Sedition Act (Singapore) Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen; Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; Self-deportation; Seling v. Young; Sell v. United States; Senatus ...
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prevented the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "Fuck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California courthouse.
Several states of the United States prohibit cousin marriage. [1] [2] As of February 2014, 24 U.S. states prohibit marriages between first cousins, 19 U.S. states allow marriages between first cousins, and seven U.S. states allow only some marriages between first cousins. [3]
A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...
Section 377 was added by the British in 1858 for its colonies. The law was inherited into Singapore in 1871, with 377A introduced into the Penal Code in 1938. In October 2007, during a Penal Code review, Singapore repealed Section 377 of the Penal Code, but 377A remained on the books as an unenforced law. [90]
Telephone tapping by authorities has to be approved by a judge. Telephone recording by a private citizen can be allowed in cases of self-defence, § 32 of the German Criminal Code, [10] or Necessity, § 34 of the German Criminal Code. [11] For discussion on lawful interception in Germany please see de:Telekommunikationsüberwachung (German ...