At trial, the court found that the real purpose of the indemnity was to discourage the wife from reporting the matters in issue to the authorities, and wrote that «it would be in my opinion, contrary to public policy for the courts to lend assistance to the nondisclosure of statutory offences.» (rabble.ca)
First, ACSA 2001, s 108 amended the existing statutory offences to ensure that: - The common law offence of bribery extends to people holding public office outside the UK. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Many of these common law offences have been abolished in many jurisdictions but where this is so, they have been replaced with similar statutory offences. (law.stackexchange.com)