sep 1, 1834 - 1st Law commission held

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- Thomas Macaulay dedicated his efforts to creating a Penal Code, as the leading
member of the Law Commission
- The First Law Commission consisting of Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay as the First Law Member and three others produced a draft of the Penal Code in 1837, Limitation Law in 1842, and a Scheme of Pleadings and Procedure in 1848
- In the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Macaulay's criminal law proposal was enacted

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