Application of Criminal Law and Misuse of Drugs Act
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Criminal law
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1ISSUE..............................................................................................................................................1LAW................................................................................................................................................1APPLICATION...............................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONCriminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. This law is related to conductperceived as threatening, harmful or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety ofpeople inclusive of one's self. The Criminal Law Act, 1967 is an act of parliament of the UnitedKingdom. The act has three parts, Part 1 abolished the distinction between felony andmisdemeanour and make consequential provisions. Part 2 abolished a number of obsolete crimesand Part 3 contains supplementary provisions. In this project report identification of issuesarising in relation of criminal law will be mentioned (Aliverti, 2012). Application of variouslegislation and strengths and weaknesses in application of the law to facts will be elaborated.ISSUEIn the given case scenario John, Len and Harry are going off into the town to celebrateLen's birthday. John and Harry are drug addicted from long time and gives treat of heroin toHarry who is not a drug user for birthday. Harry was not aware how to use it and Len preparesdrugs for him and injected in his arm. Unfortunately, drug turns out to be laced with arsenic andHarry staggers into the street and collapses. John and Len are scarred of getting trouble and runoff leaving Harry lying on the ground. In the given case this activity or issue turned out to becriminal. Together with this issue some other issue are noted in the given case scenario. As an off-duty policemen sees Harry has collapsed and lying on pavement but ignored him because he wasgetting late for birthday party. Edward the person responsible for operating barrier at the crossingis engrossed in football match on TV and does not close the barrier. This results in accident ofbus in which John and Len was travelling back to home. The bus driver is killed outright in theaccident when tram hits the bus. LAWGovernment of UK made use if drugs as an illegal activity. To control number of illegalactivities related to drugs that are controlled under the Misuse ofDrugs Act, 1971. In the givencase scenario John bough some drugs named as heroin. It is unlawful to have possession of drugswithout having nay legal permission (Bhattacharyya, 2013). As per section 5 of Misuse of DrugsAct it will for an element that constitute the offence of possession. As it is in the control of Johnand he is aware about existence of the drugs with him. The drugs that he possess is a control drug1
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