Meghji v Reginam
Meghji v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 455 of 1955) [1950] EACA 428 (1 January 1950)
The Court held that section 75 of the Factories Ordinance, 1950, creates a distinct and independent offence for causing injury as a result of a contravention, separate from the offence of failing to fence machinery under section 23(1). The charges are not merely alternative, and both may be properly brought. The inference drawn by the Resident Magistrate that the complainant's injury was caused by the exposed gear-wheels was reasonable and supported by the evidence. The High Court erred in substituting a conviction under section 23(1) and reducing the fine, as the conviction and sentence unde…
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- Factory Safety
- Failure To Fence Machinery
- Causing Injury By Unlawful Act
- Alternative Charges
- Statutory Interpretation