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References
- ↑ The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912, section 9
- ↑ The Criminal Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1923, section 4(3)
- ↑ The Criminal Law and Prevention of Crime (Amendment) Act 1930, section 3(1)
- ↑ "The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1983" (PDF)– via 498a.org.
- ↑ "CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013". 2 April 2013 – via www.indiacode.nic.in.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018" (PDF).