Sentences with phrase «convicted of a criminal offence»

Surprisingly, the current law goes overboard in offering protection to those convicted of criminal offences.

These would extend a voluntary retirement scheme, require expulsion of peers convicted of criminal offences and those who do not not appear in the house.

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 constitution.

a) is of good character as attested to by two Ghanaians who are notaries public, lawyers, senior public officers or other class of persons approved of by the Minister; b) has not been convicted of any criminal offence and been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more; c) is of independent means; d) is in the opinion of the Minister capable of making a substantial contribution to the development of Ghana; and e) has attained the age of eighteen years.

They were also less likely to be homeowners, and more likely to have been convicted of a criminal offence (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1010076108).

Pretrial custody occurs before an accused person has actually been convicted of a criminal offence.

Many officers who are convicted of criminal offences receive a slap on the wrist and are allowed to continue working.

The information that a police service will be able to disclose on a standard PRC, called a «criminal record check», will be limited to instances where the individual has been convicted of a criminal offence but has not been granted a pardon.

In Canada, jail sentences are common for those convicted of criminal offences.

For example, a person convicted of a criminal offence appeals the conviction.

A Criminal Record is a record held by the RCMP of criminal convictions for each individual who has been convicted of a criminal offence and not discharged by the court.

To be eligible to apply for a Record Suspension (formerly called a pardon), a person who was convicted of a criminal offence has to have completed their sentence and demonstrated «law - abiding behaviour» over a specific period of time.

Since April 2015 the courts have had to impose a charge on all adults convicted of a criminal offence whatever their circumstances might be.

Come July 2018, Canadians should be able to light up a joint free from worry that they could be convicted of a criminal offence.

Globally, there are currently close to three million in prison who have not been convicted of any criminal offence.

Persons who find themselves charged with a criminal offence, or who have been convicted of a criminal offence, often find themselves a target of the police and the courts...

A record suspension, previously known as a pardon, allows individuals convicted of a criminal offence that have shown themselves to be law - abiding citizens to have their criminal record set aside from the «official» records.

A record suspension, previously known as a pardon, allows individuals convicted of a criminal offence that have shown themselves to be law - abiding citizens to have their criminal record -LSB-...]

When an accused person is convicted of a criminal offence, the government keeps a record of their offence and sentence.

When a young person is convicted of a criminal offence, their identity is protected.

4 The following persons are excluded from serving as jurors: (a) members of the Privy Council, the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada; (b) members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Executive Council; (c) members of the council of a municipality or members of a board of trustees of a school district or school division; (d) judges of the Provincial Court, justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench and justices of the peace, whether retired or not; (e) barristers and solicitors, whether or not they are practising, and students ‑ at ‑ law; (f) medical examiners under the Fatality Inquiries Act; (g) officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; (h) persons who (i) have been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted, or (ii) are currently charged with a criminal offence; (i) witnesses summoned to attend before the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly during the period that their attendance is required; (j) persons confined in an institution; (k) persons engaged in the administration of justice, including (i) members and employees of any police service, (ii) probation officers, (iii) employees of the Department of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada.

The court added: «A further matter of concern is that the judge may have been left with the view that the officers of the first defendant [the BTP] had some suspicions about the honesty of the firm L simply because it had been instructed to act for MS.. But, as Keene LJ said in the Faisaltex case (at para 47) «A solicitor is not to be regarded as someone tainted and unreliable because, for example, he acts for someone charged with or convicted of a criminal offence.

In this case, an employee of the Correctional Service of Canada (CCS) was convicted of criminal offences and sentenced to 38 months of imprisonment.

Therefore a person granted a discharge may honestly answer that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence.

If the accused is convicted of a criminal offence, the judge will decide what sentence they get.

a licensee is convicted of any criminal offence or any other offence under the law of any country, province or state, excluding provincial or municipal highway traffic offences resulting in monetary fines only

Not exact matches

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.

«Nevertheless we continue to believe, as a matter of principle, that it should be necessary to show «mens rea» — that a taxpayer had criminal intent — before they can be convicted of a serious criminal offence such as tax evasion.

Separating those convicted of trivial offences from their family, forcing them to socialise with serious criminals, stuffing our prisons to the rafters, costing the taxpayer millions, letting out other prisoners because we're imprisoning people for stealing a Mars bar: these are not sensible policies.

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.

An attempt to strip peers convicted of serious criminal offences of their titles collapsed in 2004 after the government dropped plans to introduce a House of Lords reform bill.

Figures reveal that 1,780 criminals convicted of violent or sexual offences would be eligible to vote in England and Wales under plans to give prisoners voting rights.

In a nutshell, the CRA has begun to record the fingerprints of every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely restrict foreign travel for any Canadian accused but not necessarily convicted of a criminal tax offence.

If it were not for the ridiculously short statute of limitations in the UK for infringement of FOI law (6 months from date of offence) then Jones would be convicted as a criminal.

R. v. Rodgerson (J.) 2015 SCC 38 Criminal Law Summary: The accused was charged with first degree murder and convicted of the included offence of second degree murder.

And despite the fact that there are many lawyers who have skeletons in their closet, including criminal convictions, the law society defines good character pretty broadly to include an examination if someone has ever been found guilty of or been convicted of any offence under any statute (excluding speeding and parking ticket).

(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.

«Non-payment of confiscation orders for proceeds of crime should be made a criminal offence, an influential group of MPs said today — and no convicted offender -LSB-...]

«Non-payment of confiscation orders for proceeds of crime should be made a criminal offence, an influential group of MPs said today — and no convicted offender should be allowed to leave prison without satisfying their confiscation order.

lawyer convicted of sexual offences against two boys, including a client in his young offender criminal law practice.

Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General) et al. 2015 SCC 24 Barristers and Solicitors — Civil Rights — Criminal Law Summary: Henry was convicted in 1983 of 10 sexual offences involving eight complainants.

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.

Generally, no person shall be convicted of an offence under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code if the act that is alleged to constitute the offence has a legitimate purpose related to the administration of justice or to science, medicine, education or art; and does not pose an undue risk of harm to persons under the age of eighteen years.

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.

Under s. 487.051 of the Criminal Code, a judge has to make an order authorizing the taking of bodily substances for DNA tests from a person who has been convicted, discharged, or found guilty as a young offender of any offence included in the list of «primary designated offences».

The Criminal Code also stipulates that if you are convicted of a number of sexual offences against children you will have to register with the Sexual Offender's Information Registry (SOIRA).

(e) in respect of a person who is convicted of an offence under section 254 of the Criminal Code (Canada) of failing to comply with a lawful demand to provide a breath sample in connection with the accident.

The other driver either being convicted of or pleading guilty to a criminal offence, such as impaired driving, or a traffic offence, such as failure to stop at a stop sign, will go a long way to proving the liability (fault) of the other driver in causing the motor vehicle accident, and thus go a long way to proving their liability for your damages suffered.