Sentences with phrase «courts of a criminal offence»

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«Parents who refuse to take responsibility for children accused of criminal offences were condemned by a judge yesterday who demanded to know why the mother of a 14 - year - old girl in the dock over the looting of three shops was not in court.

Ebo Hawkson reported from the court that a Senior State Attorney, Ms Sefakor Batsa, told the court on Tuesday that, based on section 54 of the criminal and other offences Act, 1960 (Act 30) the AG had filed a nolle prosequi not to continue with the prosecution.

Upon his fresh arraignment which took place on 28th December 2016 Fagboyinbo made the court to know that «Adesina Olajide on the 19th of October 2016 at about 12 mid night, at Ofatedo area in Osogbo did break and entered into dwelling house of Egunlola Adewumi Christiana with intent to commit felony and stealing and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 411 (1) of the criminal code 34 vol.

Disqualification of peers convicted of a serious criminal offence or who are subject to a bankruptcy restriction order Provide power for House of Lords to expel or suspend a member Allow peers to resign and disclaim their peerage Repeal legislation that limits protest around parliament Remove prime minister from process of appointments to President, Deputy President and judges of the Supreme Court Inclusion of spending of non-departmental public bodies in Estimates and Accounts of responsible govt department

This afternoon the House of Lords will debate Chris Grayling's final, and arguably, most controversial legacy: the criminal courts charge — a fixed and mandatory fee which applies to every person who pleads guilty or is convicted of any offence.

On 25 April 2012, the Court of Appeal (Lord Judge CJ, Openshaw & Irwin JJ) increased the sentence imposed by the Crown Court at Inner London on Adam Ahmadzai from four years detention to seven years detention for offences of violent disorder, robbery, burglary and criminal damage committed during the riots on 8 August 2011, after a reference from Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC.

«Hundreds of criminals, including those accused of sexual offences, have avoided prosecution after a «cover - up» in magistrates» courts, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

He is further asking the court to hold that the attempt by the EFCC to force him to implicate the former President, Dr Jonathan, was contrary to Section 7 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which has outlawed the practice of arresting a citizen as ransom for the alleged offence of another citizen.

The charges in part read: «That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser and Hon. Waripamowei Dudafa (now at large) whilst bring Senior Special Assistant, Domestic Affairs to the President on or about 27th November within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: the sum of N10billion being part of the funds in the account of the National Security Adviser with the CBN, the equivalent of which sum you received from the CBN in foreign currencies to wit: $ 47million and $ 5.6 million Euros committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you claimed to have distributed same to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Primary Election delegates and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.

The High Court, presided over by Mr Justice John Ajet - Nasam, had acquitted and discharged Woyome on two counts of defrauding by false pretences, contrary to Section 131 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29, and causing financial loss to the State, contrary to Section 179 A (3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act (1960) Act 29.

«That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser on or about 12th December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and in such capacities entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: N90million which was in the account of the ONSA with Diamond Bank Plc, committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property by remitting the said sum into the account of Brains and Hammers Limited for the purchase of 7 - bedroom duplex house at No. 11 Mansur Bamalli Drive (D1064), Apo 1 Abuja and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.

The governor, who insisted that due process of the law must be followed in fighting corruption, noted that disobedience to court orders itself is a criminal offence that is more grievous than corruption.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constituCourt from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitCourts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitcourts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitucourt of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

SERAP is urging the court to declare that Malami's refusal to file a criminal charge against Patience was in conflict with his constitutional mandate as well as the provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

«A government which is desirous to secure conviction of persons charged with criminal offences can not treat the orders of the same court with disdain and impunity» Falana added.

Shema is being charged alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba before Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court for the alleged offences of criminal breach of trust, abuse of office and conversion of public funds to the tune of over N11billion Naira during his tenure as governor.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Friday Mameh, told the court that the alleged offence contravened sections 287, 314 (a), 314 (2) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.

During the course of the court case, both Woolas and Fitzpatrick were cautioned by the presiding judge in respect of possible criminal charges relating to election offences.

Backing his claim with Article 13 of the Constitution which says «no person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,» the caucus leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said, «I do not think that the constitution, in so far as a matter is criminal, frowns upon the use of force to the extent that it may even deprive some other people of their lives.

The Governor commended the Lagos State Judiciary for heeding the call to establish a Sexual Offences Court, just as he also lauded the State House of Assembly for enacting the Protection against Domestic Violence Law, 2007, the Child's Right Law of Lagos State, 2015 and the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, noting that all efforts was geared towards providing a solid platform for waging the war against Sexual and gender based Violence.

One of the counts reads: «That you Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force) and IYALIKAM NIGERIA LIMITED between 28th March and 5th December, 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Court, did use an aggregate sum of N878, 362,732.94 (Eight Hundred and Seventy - Eight Million, Three Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty - Two Naira, Ninety - Four kobo) removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force and paid into the account of Rytebuilders Technologies Limited with Zenith Bank Plc for the construction of a shopping mall situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent Cadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for yourself, when you reasonably ought to have known that the said funds formed part of the proceed of unlawful activity (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) of Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act»

Meanwhile, the Police Investigation Team re-arrested Senator Dino Melaye today, 2nd May, 2018 after his arraignment at Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse for the pending offences of Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms already filed in a Court of competent jurisdiction in Lokoja for which he will be arraigned without further delay.

But there's a catch for law school clinics, many of whom appear in the criminal courts to represent low income persons accused of summary conviction offences.

regard criminal offences such as those referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 83 (1) TFEU as constituting a particularly serious threat to one of the fundamental interests of society, which might pose a direct threat to the calm and physical security of the population and thus be covered by the concept of «imperative grounds of public security» -LSB-...], as long as the manner in which such offences were committed discloses particularly serious characteristics, which is a matter for the referring court to determine -LSB-...].

(1) Subject to s. 487.053, if a person is convicted, discharged under s. 730 or, in the case of a young person, found guilty under the Young Offender's Act, c. Y 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence, the court

If convicted in court of Driving Over.08, Impaired Driving or Refusal to Blow for even your first offence you get a criminal record and you must pay a substantial fine.

It was the above alleged conduct that necessitated the filing of criminal charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the Appellant at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

(application to European Court of Human Rights; whether violation of presumption of innocence; challenge to refusal of the Secretary of State to grant F compensation under s. 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 arising from his wrongful conviction in 2004 for various sexual offences).

Another disadvantage of criminal prosecutions is that courts have relatively little experience in dealing with regulatory matters and may set fines for regulatory offences below the profit made from the breach.

Any criminal offence committed after 13 April 2015 attracts the payment of the criminal courts charge.

In situations of domestic abuse, there may be police involvement and proceedings in the criminal courts may deal with the offence.

Having appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Scott Pearl has gained great experience representing his clients that have been charge with various criminal offences ranging from sexual and domestic assault, possession and trafficking of drugs, robbery, breaking and entering, mischief, fraud, and breaching bail conditions and probation orders.

The Guideline, which was created as part of a package to support the introduction in the UK of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), contains a 10 - step process to be followed by the criminal courts when sentencing corporations for fraud, bribery and money laundering offences.

Brian Coldin of Bracebridge, Ont., will be in court tomorrow arguing it should no longer be a criminal offence to be naked in public, the Canadian Press reported.

(1) No person shall --(a) take or attempt to take in any court any photograph, or with a view to publication make or attempt to make in any court any portrait or sketch, of any person, being a judge of the court or a juror or a witness in or a party to any proceedings before the court, whether civil or criminal; or (b) publish any photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section or any reproduction thereof; and if any person acts in contravention of this section he shall, on summary conviction, be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

Under s. 36, civil plaintiffs may commence damages actions or class actions for the violation of any of the criminal offences of the act or the failure to comply with a competition tribunal or court order under the act.

Prior to these amendments, the criminal court could only make a restraining order under PHA 1997 where a defendant was convicted of an offence under PHA 1997, ss 2 or 4.

A further provision will be inserted into PHA 1997 whereby the criminal court, when acquitting an alleged perpetrator of any offence, may, if it considers it necessary to do so to protect a person from harassment by the alleged perpetrator, make a restraining order against the alleged perpetrator.

The same conduct can not be dealt with both as contempt of court in the civil court and a criminal offence under this provision.

Under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, s 55, DCWs were given a wider range of hearings in the magistrates» courts, including the power to conduct contested trials of summary only, non-imprisonable offences.

Amends s 148 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003) to make clear that just because a community sentence may be passed in relation to an offence; or particular restrictions on liberty may be imposed by a community order or youth rehabilitation order, it does not require a court to pass such a sentence or to impose those restrictions.

With Patterson as magistrate, the jurisdiction of the Women's Court was expanded to include all «domestic relations» cases as well as all criminal matters in which women were accused and all sexual offences in which women were involved, including as victims.

The workload of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) grew as a result of continued «hybridization» of criminal offences, while the Provincial Court (Family Division) had to interpret and apply a range of new legislation such as the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act, the Child and Family Services Act, the Family Support Act, and the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support OrdCriminal Division) grew as a result of continued «hybridization» of criminal offences, while the Provincial Court (Family Division) had to interpret and apply a range of new legislation such as the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act, the Child and Family Services Act, the Family Support Act, and the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Ordcriminal offences, while the Provincial Court (Family Division) had to interpret and apply a range of new legislation such as the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act, the Child and Family Services Act, the Family Support Act, and the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Orders Act.

Because the basic structure of the current provincial offence procedure is the same as the criminal procedure employed in a murder trial, and because the paperwork burden is similar, minor offences are being tried in a manner which clogs the courts.

With an entirely different type of offence and offender before it, the court can relax some of the attitudinal rigidity which may be necessary in courts dealing with criminal offences.

While in one year the Ontario courts receive about a quarter of a million criminal offences, they're hit with more than three and one half million provincial offence charges.

While the conditions under which a contribution to the detection or prevention of serious offences may be honoured by German criminal courts are stated relatively precise in substantive criminal law, the German Code of Criminal Procedure contains no provisions regulating the negotiations between law enforcement authorities and potential collabcriminal courts are stated relatively precise in substantive criminal law, the German Code of Criminal Procedure contains no provisions regulating the negotiations between law enforcement authorities and potential collabcriminal law, the German Code of Criminal Procedure contains no provisions regulating the negotiations between law enforcement authorities and potential collabCriminal Procedure contains no provisions regulating the negotiations between law enforcement authorities and potential collaborators.

A commitment order can be imposed against «a person of unsound mind» deemed to be dangerous who has been convicted in the criminal courts and served a sentence for certain types of sexual offence.

To appreciate how various amendments expanded the Court's criminal law jurisdiction, it is important to understand the different types of criminal offences.

In particular, the national court should observe the principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties enshrined in Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.