penal statutes

penal statutes are to be construed strictly, and one is not to be subject to a penalty unless the words of the statute plainly impose it.

Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions.

Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions. Strictly and properly, they are those laws imposing punishment for an offence committed against the state, which the executive has power to pardon, and the expression does not include statutes which give a private action against a wrong-doer. Huntington v. Attrill, 14G U. S. 657, 13 Sup. Ct. 224, 36 L. Ed. 1123. A solely penal law will not be enforced in another state, but a statute is not penal, nitive damages as the measure of the liability of the wrongdoer; Southern By. Co. v. Decker, 5 Ga. App. 21, 62 S. E. 678. An action for violation of the United States safety appliance act is civil in its nature; Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. U. S., 220 U. S. 659, 31 Sup. Ct. 612, 55 L. Ed. 582. See Intebpbetation.

Are those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions. It is a rule of law that such statutes must be construed strictly. 1 Bl. Com. 88; Esp. on Pen. Actions, 1; Bosc. on Conv.; Cro. Jac. 415; 1 Com. Dig. 444; 5 Com. Dig. 360; 1 Kent, Com. 467.