Sentences with phrase «criminal offences such»

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-...].

In the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament), 76 of the 543 members elected in 2009 had been charged with serious criminal offences such as murder, rape and dacoity.

«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.

Not exact matches

We hope our clarion call to the Police to look into such a criminal offence and arrest Bugri Naabu for interrogations will not be marred by political interference but justice will be done to put this matter to rest.

However, the Coalition government elected in May 2010 accused Labour of having presided over «the most aggressive period of state interference in this country in a generation», typified by such things as ID Cards, the creation of a huge DNA database, and the amassing of thousands of new criminal offences on to the statute book.

The Romanian Government's emergency ordinance to change the Penal Code decriminalizes or and reduces the criminal punishments for corruption offences such as abuse of office, conflict of interest, and negligence at work.

His government proposes to make «illegal working» a criminal offence in a forthcoming Immigration Bill: the tenth piece of such legislation in the past 20 years.

The prosecuting counsel, ASP Mireti Wilson, alleged that,» that you Olagoke Adedamola «m» and others now at large between same period and place at the aforementioned magisterial district did unlawfully kidnapped one Akinduro Robert and took him to unknown destination in such a manner as to prevent any person entitled to have access to him from discovering the place he is imprisoned and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 364 (2) of the criminal code cap 34 vol.II of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.

«That you Olagoke Adedamola and others now at large between same period and place at the aformentioned magistral district did unlawfully kidnapped one Samuel Eke and took him to unknown destination in such a manner as to prevent him from discovering the place he imprisoned and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 364 (2) of the criminal code cap 34 vol.

«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.

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.

«That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investments Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja, did retain the sum of N400m on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party of its campaign activities by concealing the said sum in your account with Diamond Bank Plc, when you reasonably ought to have known that such fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), the then National Security Adviser, (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption), and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 17 (b) of the same Act.

The governor, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Aluko was already beclouded by his desperation to seek revenge against him because of his refusal to make him his Chief of Staff, such that he (Aluko) was not mindful of committing the criminal offence of perjury.

Suffice to say that traditional security threats to schools typically encompass a range of crime types; for example, burglary, theft, robbery, assaults, and vandalism, and that schools need to build in counter measures for these offences alongside strategies to handle health and safety (e.g. fire procedures, criminal records checking), and tackle ongoing issues such as bullying.

Failing to comply with such a notice is a criminal offence, so it seems likely they'll clean up their procedures before that happens.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

If you commit any of the offences set out in sections 85 to 88 of the ECT Act, you shall, notwithstanding any criminal prosecution, be liable for all losses, liabilities and damages that may be suffered by TravelGround.com due to or related to such offences.

This was given his view that the building was unsafe, that criminal offences based on breaches of planning and health and safety laws had been committed and that Mr Zaman had acted in a highhanded manner in ignoring such laws and the interests of his neighbours and the community.

Article 15 (1) of that Directive provides for restrictions to certain rights it provides for when necessary for purposes such as national security and the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences.

It noted in particular that such legislation applies to persons for whom «there is no evidence capable of suggesting that their conduct might have a link, even an indirect or remote one, with serious criminal offences» and that no exception is made for those whose communications are subject to professional secrecy [106].

Using criminal law as an example of such specialization: there would be a separate researcher for homicide offences, another for sexual offences, and one for motor vehicle offences, and another for the principles of sentencing.

In coming to its decision, the Crown will consider the various circumstances of the case such as the seriousness of the offence, the age of the accused, the accused's previous criminal record, etc..

Our Oshawa criminal defence lawyers represent clients charged with anything from minor weapons offences to the most severe firearms offences such as:

A review of AMP provisions suggests their drafters struggled to find terminology analogous to criminal law concepts such as «offence», «prosecution», and «conviction» without using criminal law terminology (which would itself be problematic as it would inevitably make the provisions criminal or quasi criminal in nature).

Yossi's extensive knowledge as a Criminal Lawyer and experience with such charges has helped many clients charged with Theft, Fraud, Breach of Trust and other property related offences.

Section 64 (1A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) authorised the police to retain such fingerprints or DNA samples after they had fulfilled the purposes for which they had been taken, and provided that they were not to be used «except for purposes related to the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution».

Currently for such an error to amount to a criminal offence by the trust, there is the need to surmount the exceptionally high hurdle of requiring an employee to have a «controlling mind».

If breach of such an order is to be a criminal offence, then there is an argument that the alleged perpetrator should be entitled to funding for representation in the initial family proceedings.

This careful, scholarly and perfectly sensible analysis was immediately greeted by newspaper headlines claiming that the government now intended to force law - abiding citizens to compensate criminals who had been injured while committing offences such as burglary.

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.

Moreover, whereas the Criminal Code sets out a sentencing range for each offence, most laws covered by the POA do not provide any such guidance.

Section 270 (1) of the Criminal Code provides every one commits an offence who assaults a public officer or peace officer engaged in the execution of his duty or a person acting in aid of such an officer; assaults a person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of himself or another person; or assaults a person who is engaged in the lawful execution of a process against lands or goods or in making a lawful distress or seizure, or with intent to rescue anything taken under lawful process, distress or seizure.

For example, it is understood that the recent amendment to Article 257 of the UAE Penal Code (which had the effect of extending the law such that arbitrators that fail to maintain the requirements of integrity and impartiality may be found guilty of a criminal offence and sentenced to imprisonment) will be amended or repealed this year, although the scope or nature of the any forthcoming amendment is as yet unknown.

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.

Another is the transparency of algorithms taking crucial decisions such as whether suspects should be charged with criminal offences or merely cautioned.

The British fear underlying the offence accompanied it to Canada: an 1857 Montreal newspaper article decrying the «immense development of rascality» in the criminal classes told readers (wrongly) that garrotting had become such a plague that terrified pedestrians had taken to walking the streets in spiked iron collars.

He went on to say that the offence of disorderly behaviour could provide such a limit if the conduct amounted «to a sufficiently serious and reprehensible interference with the rights of others to warrant the intervention of the criminal law».

Statistics are provided for things such as the number of applications made for authorizations and for renewals of authorizations, the period for which authorizations and renewals were granted, a description of the methods of interception, the offences specified in authorizations (e.g. possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking, smuggling / attempt to smuggle goods into Canada, laundering proceeds of excise offences, forgery of passport, weapons trafficking, murder, fraud, countefeiting, participating in activities of a criminal organization, etc.), the number of arrests as a result of an interception under an authorization.

Of course there are offences of strict liability applicable to individuals as well as companies but these tend to be summary only offences where the conduct is not nearly so serious as in the more serious offences such as criminal cartel activity.

If you are charged with a substantial offence (such as Theft) and an administrative offence, Roulston Criminal Defence Firm can act on your behalf in negotiating the withdrawal of the administrative offence.

Public intoxication is a criminal offence in Ontario and comes with harsh consequences such as a fine or in most severe cases, jail time.

Our lawyers have successfully defended allegations across the full spectrum of criminal law matters, including summary - only offences such as shoplifting and road traffic offences to more serious offences such as murder, robbery, fraud, GBH, sexual offences, serious and organised crime.

The firm has successfully defended clients across the full array of criminal law matters, including summary - only offences such as road traffic offences, shop lifting as well as more serious offences such as domestic violence, theft, fraud, serious and organised crime, murder, robbery and drug importations.

And to what extent is such a campaign a criminal offence?

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.

Nevertheless, in the AG's view, the interferences caused by a general data retention regime are so serious that the fight against «ordinary offences and the smooth conduct of proceedings other than criminal proceedings» are not «capable of justifying a general data retention obligation» considering the «considerable risks that such obligations entail» (§ § 172 - 173).

Amanda Pinto QC, a tenant at 5 Paper Buildings and co-author of Corporate Criminal Liability, questions why the authority has chosen to deal with substantial offences, such as fraud and misleading conduct, as breaches of regulations rather than crimes.

As a result, defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger established that there was no criminal offence committed by K.J. and as such the charges were withdrawn.

A violation of a peace bond is a criminal offence which results in a sentence, such as a fine or jail, and a criminal record.

Whether you are facing a Motor Vehicle Act offence traffic ticket, such as speeding, or criminal driving matter such as dangerous driving, we have the skills to defend your driving case.