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Showing posts with label Differences Between Murder and Culpable Homicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Differences Between Murder and Culpable Homicide. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Processes involved with Divorce

Getting a divorce is not an easy task as it involves many complexities. In this blog, we will discuss the process of How to do divorce.

The divorce process starts from filing all the necessary paperwork to the courts, which includes submitting a writ of divorce accompanied by a statement of claim citing the grounds under which you are seeking divorce.

Once done with that the partner who is filing a divorce must also submit a proposal stating how any minor children of the union will be provided for after the separation is finalized. They also need to give a housing plan detailing how the shared home will be divided or disposed. The respondent spouse is informed about the initiation of divorce process, once all documents are received by the court.

The process continues with a Status Conference scheduled by the court within six weeks from the respondent's declaration of having no objection to the grounds. But if the respondent has objected, then the spouses have to enter into court-mandated counselling until they reconcile or they decide that divorce is inevitable.


The court puts an effort to save the marriage by providing a three-month cooling-off period. Also, in order to grant a divorce, it is important that the judge is completely convinced that the marriage is beyond repair. After getting convinced, the judge provides a certificate of divorce. 

Monday, 2 February 2015

What are The Differences Between Murder and Culpable Homicide?

Singapore Criminal Lawyer

Sections 299 and 300 of the Penal Code govern the offences of culpable homicide and murder respectively.

Under section 300, you are deemed as having committed murder, if you:
  • Cause the death with the intention of causing the death.
  • Cause the death with the intention of causing bodily injury that you know is likely to kill the person
  • Cause the death with the intention of causing bodily injury, and that bodily injury is objectively determined to be sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.
  • Cause the death knowing that what you are doing is so imminently dangerous that it must in all probability cause death.

If any of the special defences apply:
  • When there was provocation
  • When offender had the right of private defence, but exceeded it
  • When offender was exceeding the power of a public servant in good faith
  • When the act was committed as a result of a sudden fight
  • When the victim is above 18 and had consented to being killed
  • When it is a case of a mother killing a child of less than 12 months old
  • When there is a case for diminished responsibility (because of the accused’s mental faculties were substantially impaired)
You would then not be deemed as guilty of murder but would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder instead.

Should you have any questions or require legal representation, kindly contact Gloria James-Civetta & Co on 6337-0469 for a free consultation, or email to consult@gjclaw.com.sg
www.singaporecriminallawyer.com

 

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