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Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera and Another
PRIVY COUNCIL
VISCOUNT RADCLIFFE, LORD EVERSHED, LORD JENKINS, LORD DEVLIN AND MR LMD
DE SILVA
17, 18, 19, 23, 24 JULY, 5 NOVEMBER 1962
Privy Council - Ceylon - Parliament - Member of House of Representatives - Bribery - Offering a bribe to a
member in his "capacity" as a...
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Page 1 Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera and Another PRIVY COUNCIL VISCOUNT RADCLIFFE, LORD EVERSHED, LORD JENKINS, LORD DEVLIN AND MR LMD DE SILVA 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 JULY, 5 NOVEMBER 1962 Privy Council - Ceylon - Parliament - Member of House of Representatives - Bribery - Offering a bribe to a member in his "capacity" as a member of Parliament - Interpretation of "in his capacity as such member" Ceylon Bribery Act (No 11 of 1954 ), s 14 (a). M, a member of the House of Representatives for a constituency in Ceylon, wrote to the Minister of Lands and Land Development recommending that the Vincent Estate, which was in his constituency and was owned by the first respondent, should be acquired under statutory authority for the benefit of certain persons in his constituency whose homes had been ruined by floods. The minister accepted the recommendation and the first respondent visited the government agent and informed him that the Vincent Estate itself was liable to fl
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Comment: When the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada sit as an advisory board under s. 53 of the Supreme Court Act, they are not a "court" and their advisory opinions are not law and are not binding. This has been made clear repeatedly, most notably by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1912, where Lord Chancellor Lord...
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Comment: When the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada sit as an advisory board under s. 53 of the Supreme Court Act, they are not a "court" and their advisory opinions are not law and are not binding. This has been made clear repeatedly, most notably by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1912, where Lord Chancellor Lord Loreburn, writing for the Board, said unequivocally in relation to these the "extra-judicial" (NON-judicial) opinions of the Supreme Court of Canada: "But the answers are only advisory and will have no more effect than the opinions of the law officers." He means no "LEGAL" effect. Therefore, it is not a good idea, because it is FUTILE and contrary to fact and law, to quote the dictators -- I mean the Supreme Court's non-judicial advisory board, and then say, "the Supreme Court SAID" as if you have just quoted "law". Moreover, the advisory jurisdiction itself is void as unconstitutional, and this has been known since before it was passed in 187
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[1932]
1 A.
C.
54
[PRIVY COUNCIL.
]
In re THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF AERONAUTICS IN CANADA
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
1931 Oct.
22 LORD SANKEY L.
C.
, VISCOUNT DUNEDIN, LORD ATKIN,LORD RUSSELL OF
KILLOWEN, and LORD MACMILLAN.
Canada - Legislative Power - Aerial Navigation - International Convention - Dominion...
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[1932] 1 A. C. 54 [PRIVY COUNCIL. ] In re THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF AERONAUTICS IN CANADA ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA 1931 Oct. 22 LORD SANKEY L. C. , VISCOUNT DUNEDIN, LORD ATKIN,LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, and LORD MACMILLAN. Canada - Legislative Power - Aerial Navigation - International Convention - Dominion Power as to Treaty Obligations Residual Legislative Power - Matter of National Interest and Importance - Reference of abstract Questions - Aeronautics Act (R. S. Can. , 1927, c. 3), s. 4 - Air Regulations, 1920 - British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), ss. 91, 92, 132. The whole field of legislation in relation to aerial navigation in Canada belongs to the Dominion. Having regard to (a) s. 132 of the British North America Act, 1867, which gives to the Parliament and Government of Canada all powers necessary or proper for performing the obligations of Canada, or of any Province thereof, under treaties between the British Empire and fore
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[1935]
1 I.
R.
170
THE STATE (at the prosecution of Jeremiah Ryan and Others) v.
CAPTAIN
MICHAEL LENNON, Governor of the Military Detention Barracks, Arbour Hill,
Dublin, COLONEL FRANK BENNETT and Others, The Members of the
Constitution (Special Powers) Tribunal ; and in the Matter of the Courts of Justice
Act 1924 and in the Matter...
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[1935] 1 I. R. 170 THE STATE (at the prosecution of Jeremiah Ryan and Others) v. CAPTAIN MICHAEL LENNON, Governor of the Military Detention Barracks, Arbour Hill, Dublin, COLONEL FRANK BENNETT and Others, The Members of the Constitution (Special Powers) Tribunal ; and in the Matter of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 and in the Matter of the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann (1) High Court. 16,17, 18, 19, 25, July 1934 7,8, 9, 10, 14, 17, Aug. 1934 19, Dec. 1934 Constitution - Power of Oireachtas to amend - Extent of power - Deletion ofprovisions for Referendum Validity - Extension of period of amendment"by way of ordinary legislation" - Validity - Power to repealArticles of Constitution - Whether fundamental and immutable principles- Habeas corpus Prohibition - Constitution of the Irish Free State(Saorstát Éireann éireann) Act, 1922, sect. 2 and Sch. I, Art. 50 - Constitution(Amendment No. 10) Act, 1928 (No. 8 of 1928) - Constitution (AmendmentNo. 16) Act, 1929 (No. 10 of 192
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