Sentences with phrase «convicted under»

RECO says Van Dyk was convicted under REBBA 2002 for improper handling of a trust deposit in a real estate transaction.

The court sided with the purchasers and refused to strike the action, ruling it was not certain that a seller did not have to disclose to purchasers with two young children the existence of a person living across the street who has been convicted under the Criminal Code of being a child offender.

(3) If an act or omission by a person that constitutes an offence against subsection 65ZA (2) or 65ZB (2) is also an offence against any other law, the person may be prosecuted and convicted under that other law, but nothing in this subsection makes a person liable to be punished twice in respect of the same act or omission.

(2) A person convicted under this section shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 6 months or fined not more than $ 500, or both.

The use of DADAP as a substitute for MIP classes and alcohol awareness classes is authorized by Section 106.115 of the Alcoholic Beverage Code, which says that if a defendant is put on deferred disposition or convicted under Section 106.02, 106.25, 106.04, 106.041, 106.05, or 106.07, the court shall require the defendant to attend an alcohol awareness program approved by the Department of State Health Services or a Drug and Alcohol Driving Awareness Program approved by the Texas Education Agency.

MIP classes are sometimes ordered for offenders who are convicted under any of the sections shown above.

In many cases, a minor convicted under one or more of the sections related above will be required to complete a State approved Alcohol Awareness Program (a.k.a. MIP class).

On June 15, 2012, Metron pleaded guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing death and became the first company convicted under the Criminal Code as amended by Bill C - 45.

«In a 2001 test case brought by Trading Standards in Sunderland, greengrocer Steve Thoburn became the first person to be convicted under the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

Bond, like any other defendant, has a personal right not to be convicted under a constitutionally invalid law...

There is no evidence whatsoever that Duffy dishonestly induced Nigel Wright to part with money, and so, if he is to be convicted under section 122 in relation to this act, it will be because he committed a «breach of trust» in the broader sense, whatever that means.

The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) recently published its definitive sentencing guideline for organisations convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and for health and safety offences which cause death.

Practitioners who have a client who was convicted under the old interpretation of the common law should apply for leave to appeal against conviction out of time.

Again, draconian criminal sanctions follow if a person is summarily convicted under s 32 (6): namely a prison term up to 51 weeks / a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale, or both of these.

The 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights affirmed the right to equality before the law and, in the Drybones case, the Supreme Court of Canada held that an Aboriginal person had been unfairly discriminated against on the basis of race by being convicted under an Indian Act provision that made it an offence for an Aboriginal person to be intoxicated off - reserve.

If convicted under the Criminal Code, you could face imprisonment of up to five years.

Furthermore, the offence of outraging public decency does not fall under the sex offenders» notification requirements, while a voyeur convicted under section 67 can be made subject to notification if the sentence passed is over a certain threshold or if the victim is under 18.

The odd twist in this story is that he was convicted under a law that was enacted in the face of widespread financial misconduct and often only applies to the destruction of information recording instances of corporate crime.

Every year, approximately 1.3 million Ontario drivers are convicted under the Highway Traffic Act.

In recent years, U.S. lawmakers have significantly expanded the authority and reach of the justice system; in the last decade, hundreds of thousands of Americans have been charged and convicted under criminal laws.

The plaintiff was charged and convicted under the Highway Traffic Act with making an unsafe left hand turn.

In addition to issuing a revocation, except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the municipal court shall fine a person convicted under this section, a fine of not less than $ 300 or more than $ 500 for a first offense; a fine of not less than $ 500 or more than $ 1,000 for a second offense; and a fine of $ 1,000 for a third or subsequent offense.

If convicted under s. 220 (b), 249.2 and 249.3 a discharge is not available under s. 730 (1) as it is «an offence for which a minimum punishment is prescribed by law or an offence punishable by imprisonment for fourteen years or for life».

Therefore, a person convicted under N.J.S.A. 39:4 - 50.14 will not be subject to the mandatory 3 year, $ 1,000.00 per year, Motor Vehicle Surcharge.

If they are convicted under the two statutes requiring mandatory minimum sentences, that average jumps to 11 years.

(10) A person may be prosecuted and convicted under subsection (9) even if the corporation has not been prosecuted or convicted.

Appellant, manager of a motion picture theater, was convicted under a state obscenity law of possessing and exhibiting an allegedly obscene film, and the State Supreme Court upheld the conviction.

Sweett Group plc was the first company to be convicted under the Bribery Act 2010's strict liability «corporate offence.»

BAC of more than 0.08, or failure to comply with alcohol or drug testing, can cause you to be convicted under the Criminal Code, facing additional suspension periods, alcohol education and treatment programs, ignition interlock installation and fines.

On May 24, 2011, Brian Skakun, a city councillor in Prince George, British Columbia, was convicted under the province's privacy laws of leaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation a confidential report about workplace harassment in a local RCMP detachment.

(d) in respect of a person who is convicted 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.

However as the first to defend and be convicted under CFPOA, he may be made an example of by the court.

The first Canadian charged and convicted under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act was handed a three - year jail sentence Friday.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted under this section.

Offenders convicted under the law are subject to a fine of up to $ 300, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both.

How many people will ever get convicted under such a law?

Companies convicted under s7 face an unlimited fine.

They're not the first to be charged for this reason, and parents have recently been convicted under this section for a four - year - old boy who fell down the stairs and subsequently died due to his injuries, and another 19 - month - old boy who died from full thickness burns after his mother refused to obtain medical treatment for him.

S was convicted under the Public Order Act 1986, s 4A (1)(b).

If fines are seen both by the government and the courts as the main sentencing option, and the courts are indicating that sentencing courts should not shy away from significant monetary penalties, it seems reasonable to anticipate a significant escalation in the penalties sought against, and imposed on, individuals convicted under the OHSA.

Much higher fines should now be expected against individuals who have previously been convicted under the OHSA, especially if the circumstances of a previous offence substantially mirror the subsequent offence.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if the actor has previously been convicted under this section.

It is said that one Walter Walker, a 15th century keeper of an inn known as the «Crown,» was convicted under the Statute of Treasons for telling his son: «Tom, if thou behavest thyself well, I will make thee heir to the CROWN.»

Lastly, even if you have no alcohol in your body, if you were using marijuana, or other drugs (even prescription) and this affected your ability to drive a motor vehicle, then you could also be convicted under this section.

14 This was an important consideration in the context of that case which dealt with whether a person whose driver's licence was suspended by the province could be convicted under the Criminal Code of driving while disqualified, as it was then worded, for driving in a parking lot which the court held did not require a licence.

Who, when confronted by a mountain of evidence demonstrating that his informant is a charlatan convicted under the Trade Descriptions Act, continues to repeat his claims?

Eleven leaders of the Communist Party were convicted under the Smith Act in 1949 in the Foley Square trial.

If the tobacco companies have been convicted under RICO, why are they still operating?

Just ask Peter Gleick, or ask the tobacco companies convicted under RICO, how easy it is to drift into «patterns of racketeering activity» with «specific intent to defraud».

Individuals convicted under the Animal Protection Act of Alberta may receive a fine and / or prohibition from owning pets.