Sentences with phrase «by imprisonment from»

The Offences Against the Person Act of 1861 made abortion a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment from three years to life.

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People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

Kumail escapes imprisonment in an artificial America - Pakistan by performing his comedic routines on his family, and overturning his expulsion from the family through playful mockery.

The Sikhs celebrate Diwali to mark the return of the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, who was freed from imprisonment and also managed to release 52 political prisoners at the same time from Gwalior fort by Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1619.

Founded by Becca Stevens, and Episcopal priest and abuse survivor from Nashville, Thistle Farms is a social enterprise that trains and employs women recovering from abuse, prostitution, addiction, sex trafficking, imprisonment, and life on the streets.

Oh yes, that old antiquated law of holiday observance that must be obeyed or we shall receive 50 lashes, be subject to fines and imprisonment, brought before a firing squad, burned at the stake, and worst of all, face excommunication from the Church, as decreed by the Holy Roman Empire!

The entire nation had its soul corrupted by unrelenting fear — fear of imprisonment, loss of job or residence, internal exile, or expulsion from the country.

At some stage in a ghastly imprisonment in Herod's dungeon, beset by all the agonizing questions and doubts that come in solitary confinement, wrestling with a faith that has undergirded and energized his life for most of his adult years, John manages to smuggle out a message to Jesus that comes from the depths of his being.

This function, which is of important value to society, is made more difficult if counselees must always fear that what they admit to the counselor may be extracted from him by threat of imprisonment, or if the counselor takes the attitude, openly or impliedly, «Don't tell me anything that might get either of us in trouble.»

About time to free AFC from the shackles of self - imprisonment occasioned by a cult of destructive elements that surround the club.

Some, such as teenage fathers or dads separated from their children by relationship breakdown or imprisonment, desperately require support.

Geoffrey Canada comes from the Harlem streets, raised by a single mother who wanted to make sure her sons excelled even though the options for young Black men in poverty seem limited to imprisonment or death.

Article 316 bis second: Crimes of thefts from used materials and tools or those provided for use in the telecommunications, power generating and connecting, water, or sanitary drainage utilities that are established by the government, public authorities or organizations, or the public sector units, or those licensed or establishment as a public utility, shall be punished for with the penalty of imprisonment, if no aggravating condition of those prescribed in Articles 313 to 316 is fulfilled.

A prisoner under sentence of imprisonment may, in exceptional circumstances, be granted permission by the officer in charge of the prison to receive a visit from friends or relatives in addition to the visit to which he is entitled under subsection (1)

With a growing fear of many more immigration raids to come, on Feb. 24, county Democrats added four new conditions to the proposal, including language that prohibits county officers and officials from honoring requests made by ICE and Customs and Border Protection, CBP, that do not give rise to probable cause, and protects Westchester from liability due to false arrests and imprisonments.

Okah, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism last week, was secretly moved from Kuje Prisons, Abuja, by the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS).

In his quest for amber and the trapped insects, George has wandered far and wide across the world, encountering all sorts of dangers, from capsizing boats and imprisonment by avaricious tradesmen to being threatened by armies of soldier ants.

Finally granted a hearing from the parole board, Frank pleads his innocence, but the parole board is headed by Grayce (Victor Jury), the man responsible for his imprisonment, and his parole is denied, and Frank becomes more hardened and embittered.

Set in World War II Singapore, this is the story of several European women who are imprisoned by the Japanese and seek solace from the horror of their imprisonment by forming a vocal orchestra...

Superman (Christopher Reeve) foils the plot of terrorists by hurtling their nuclear device into outer space, but the bomb's shock waves free the Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen Ursa (Sarah Douglas) and Non (Jack O'Halloran) from their imprisonment.

In 1971 the owners and staff of the New York Times and the Washington Post braved imprisonment, fines and bankruptcy by publishing excerpts from «The Pentagon Papers.»

Yet instead of keeping this a tightly wound yarn of imprisonment and escape, Verbinski — working from a script by Justin Haythe («The Lone Ranger,» «Revolutionary Road»)-- opts for something bigger, grander and more operatic, sending the film wildly off the rails over the course of its far - too - long 146 - minute running time.

Should you free a friendly, somewhat creepy looking individual by the name of Tingle from the confines of imprisonment early in the game, you'll be granted another luxury.

Director: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Starring: Jafar Panahi Country: Iran Synopsis: Banned by Iran from filmmaking for 20 years and threatened with imprisonment, Jafar Panahi offers a remarkable portrait of an artist at the crossroads.

Charlie Hunnam (The Lost City of Z) and Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) take on the roles previously played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, in this new screen adaptation of Henri Charrière's memoir of his imprisonment and repeated escapes from the notorious penal colony of Devil's Island.

There's an invigorating scene in which the dwarves and their hobbit companion escape from imprisonment by riding in barrels down a rushing river as orcs and elves battle along the riverbanks.

Although the scandal of mass imprisonment of blacks has begun to receive wide attention, Murray strikingly notes a fivefold increase in Fishtown prisoners, by definition all white, with no increase from the infinitesimal level of imprisonment in Belmont.

By means of interviews, diaries and letters from the arsonist during his years of imprisonment, Heivoll gradually constructs a model of what might have happened during those tense weeks, when residents sat silently on their doorsteps all night hoping to catch the arsonist — described only as tall, thin and probably young by one victim, who glimpsed him through the smoke engulfing her kitcheBy means of interviews, diaries and letters from the arsonist during his years of imprisonment, Heivoll gradually constructs a model of what might have happened during those tense weeks, when residents sat silently on their doorsteps all night hoping to catch the arsonist — described only as tall, thin and probably young by one victim, who glimpsed him through the smoke engulfing her kitcheby one victim, who glimpsed him through the smoke engulfing her kitchen.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the governing body of any county or municipality is authorized to enact ordinances prohibiting or regulating noise from any domesticated animal, violation of which shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine not to exceed $ 500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation of such ordinance.

Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an animal, or causes or procures an animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live animal, except an animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by both fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that a second or subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.

In this charming side - scrolling puzzle game twin heroes Yeet and Boik go on a quest to rescue video gaming's villains from imprisonment by the Hunnybunz clan.

From within the moon emerges Bahamut, an ancient terror seething with rage fueled by countless generations of imprisonment.

This retrospective will free Woodman's work from its habitual imprisonment in agenda - driven discourse by exposing it to a broader viewership, posing new interpretive possibilities.

Robin Rhode will perform Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg's atonal opera Erwartung (Expectation), transforming it to reflect the experiences of women who have been separated interminably from their husbands by the migrant labor system, political exile, activism and / or imprisonment.

Schwitters» impromptu poetry recitals and storytelling raised spirits in the camp and his positive frame of mind might be best shown by a landscape painted from his attic room high in the camp with no obvious signs of it being a place of imprisonment.

The mere possession of an eagle feather by a non-Indian can result in fines and imprisonment, even if the feather came from a bird butchered by a wind turbine: up to $ 100,000, a year in prison or both for a first offense.

Clearly, when a sentence is one of imprisonment, the protection of society is accomplished in an absolute sense by preventing an offender from repeating his unlawful acts upon society during the term of his imprisonment.

Anchored by a comprehensive introduction exploring the main themes of the legal history of the region, a group of distinguished historians from have contributed 11 substantive essays (three in French), on subjects as varied as women in court, grand juries, western law and aboriginal peoples, gun use and control, Quebec legal literature, married women's property, and imprisonment for debt — The Osgoode Society and the University of Toronto Press

In this action the defendant did not dispute, in principle, that the claimant was entitled to damages for imprisonment arising from crimes committed by reason of his head injury.

Penalties imposed by CVM do not prevent any court from deciding on the payment of an indemnification or fine, along with criminal penalties (eg, imprisonment).

(1) Subject to subsection (1.1), if a person who has been arrested without warrant by a peace officer is taken into custody, or if a person who has been arrested without warrant and delivered to a peace officer under subsection 494 (3) or placed in the custody of a peace officer under subsection 163.5 (3) of the Customs Act is detained in custody under subsection 503 (1) for an offence described in paragraph 496 (a), (b) or (c), or any other offence that is punishable by imprisonment for five years or less, and has not been taken before a justice or released from custody under any other provision of this Part, the officer in charge or another peace officer shall, as soon as practicable,

As Justice Green stated in McGill, at para. 31: ``... [T] here is a risk of injustice in relying on a sentencing model premised on judicially - created fixed ranges of imprisonment from which the sole reprieve is resort to an uncertain doctrine of exceptionality... The fairer and, in the end, more «principled approach» to the law of sentencing — as repeatedly mandated by the Supreme Court — is that of individualized proportionality.»

While some torts are also crimes that are punishable by imprisonment, the primary goals of tort law are to provide victims relief for the damages incurred and to deter other people from committing the same harms.

The law of Libel and Slander is governed by Sections 185 upto 200 of the German Criminal Code Sanctions involve imprisonment ranging from three (3) months to five (5) years, plus a fine.

Where the crown does not serve proper notice under s. 727, then the accused can not be said to have been convicted «of an offence that is punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment» under s. 742.1, and so would not disqualify the offender from being subject to a conditional sentence.

Consequently, taking into account the outcome of the judgment pointed in para 57 clearly stating that «the answer to the question referred is that Article 26 (1) of Framework Decision 2002/584 must be interpreted as meaning that measures such as a nine - hour night - time curfew, in conjunction with the monitoring of the person concerned by means of an electronic tag, an obligation to report to a police station at fixed times on a daily basis or several times a week, and a ban on applying for foreign travel documents, does not, in principle, have regard towards the type, duration, effects and manner of implementation of all those measures; it is restrictive as to give rise to a deprivation of liberty comparable to that arising from imprisonment and thus to be classified as «detention» within the meaning of that provision, which it is nevertheless for the referring court to ascertain».

The consequent sentence of mandatory life imprisonment follows on from this basic principle; it is driven, not so much by legal logic, but by the public demand for retribution.

[23] It has not been suggested that a term of imprisonment is required in order to deter Mr. Kazenelson from committing further offences, to protect the public by separating him from society, to promote a sense of responsibility in him, or to assist in his rehabilitation.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

210 to 213) infringe s. 2 (d) freedom of association rights because these provisions prevent prostitutes from joining together to increase their personal safety; s. 7 security of the person rights due to the possibility of arrest and imprisonment and because the provisions prevent prostitutes from taking steps to improve the health and safety conditions of their work; s. 15 equality rights because the provisions discriminate against members of a disadvantaged group; and s. 2 (b) freedom of expression rights by making illegal communication which could serve to increase safety and security.