Dominic v Public Prosecutor
Jurisdiction | Malaysia |
Judgment Date | 24 March 1947 |
Docket Number | Case No. 179 |
Date | 24 March 1947 |
Court | Obsolete Court (Malaysia) |
(Willan, C.J., Murray-Aynsley and Spenser-Wilkinson, JJ.)
Belligerent Occupation — Inhabitants of Occupied Territory — Continuing Allegiance to Legitimate Sovereign — Treason Committed during Occupation — Law of Malaya.
Belligerent Occupation — Effects of — Law Enacted by Invaded State Prior to Occupation — Continuing Validity — Inhabitants of Occupied Territory — Continuing Allegiance to Legitimate Sovereign — Law of Malaya.
The Facts.—In this case the appellant, P.C. Dominic, was convicted of two offences of treachery contrary to section 3 of the Straits Settlements War Offences Ordinance, 1941, which reads as follows:
“If, with intent to help the enemy, any person does, or attempts or conspires with any other person to do, any act which is designed or...
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