"Criminal prohibition" refers to a rule or law that makes certain behaviors illegal and subjects individuals who engage in those activities to punishment by the criminal justice system. Full definition
There was no talk of personal freedom or harm - based principles and little recognition of the lives ruined through criminal prohibition. (canadianlawyermag.com)
The harm is compounded by the provision's superfluous character: other Canadian criminal prohibitions of fraud prevent any religious or spiritual tradition being used to defraud. (slaw.ca)
Sufferers from chronic pain have a constitutional exemption from the general criminal prohibition on cultivation and possession. (administrativelawmatters.com)