控方不能明白的是，1959年法令将某些重要变化写进了法案。

But what the prosecution failed to comprehend was that the 1959 Act had wrought some important changes in the law.

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根据2005年法令建立的最高法院于2009年10月1号开门大吉，替换了上议院的上诉委员会(也就是上议院高等法院)。

Created by statute in 2005, it opened its doors on October 1st 2009, replacing the Appellate Committee of the House of lords (known as the "law lords").

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1987年通过的法令明文禁止体罚。

Corporal punishment was banned by statute in 1987.

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