Sentences with phrase «draconian penalty»

Ontario has one of the most draconian penalty provisions for impaired driving anywhere in the world and our law - makers show no signs of reversing that trend.

Solo players will also appreciate the savvier AI, less draconian penalty system, and overdue inclusion of mid-race game saves.

RICO is the Racketeer - Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, which was designed years ago to deal with Mafia types but has more recently been used to impose draconian penalties on abortion protestors.

They're perfectly fine for any reasonably aggressive road driving, and the suspension offers up increased precision without any Draconian penalties to ride quality, although those stiffer rear bushings do transmit a bit more tire noise / road sizzle to the interior.

At the end of the day the only agreement worth having is one that everyone is prepared to abide by — on these grounds the Kyoto Protocol has proved that it is not the model, notwithstanding that (or more likely because) it has very draconian penalties for failure to comply.

Draconian penalties for apostasy, for example, should be related to a context in which such behaviour was linked with violent rebellion against the early religion.

Mr. Green further points out the duplicative nature of FATCA, as its reporting mandates are similar to the Report of Foreign Banks and Foreign Accounts, and its draconian penalties for error.

It ensnares innocent Americans with excessive reporting requirements and draconian penalties for the slightest oversights;

These draconian penalties brought local leaders to heel.

Yet here is the menu of draconian penalties I doubt that a trained and salaried FIntrac agent would who made a paperwork mistake would be subject to the same penalties.

The statute — Texas Property Code Chapter 5, Subchapter D, beginning with Section 5.061 — prohibits any executory contract for the sale of residential property if the property already has a mortgage on it, and sets out draconian penalties for any violations of the technical statutory requirements.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA have filed a civil suit that could theoretically subject VW to up to $ 45 billion in fines (though, in fairness, no one expects penalties quite that draconian).

If it hasn't been complaints about the «draconian» nature of opt - in to the high penalties for violating it, it's been overblown rhetoric about how the legislation will prove to be the end of everything:

State - based accountability of the 1990's was no prize, with a patchwork of tests and standards, and penalties as draconian as anything coming out of Washington.

Failing to take out enough triggers one of the most draconian of all IRS penalties:

Penalties, even for unintentional non-compliance can be Draconian.

Retirees who turned age 70 1/2 last year are running out of time to avoid one of the tax code's more draconian features: the 50 % penalty for failing to take mandatory «Required Minimum Distributions» (RMD) on any applicable retirement accounts.

If this is truly an issue of revenue, local governments should enforce existing regulations to collect penalties and fees, before the state resorts to such draconian measures that will not resolve any budgetary problems.

These charges are not taken lightly in Virginia and the penalties are severe; indeed draconian.

«The penalties in a partnership agreement for not cooperating with a capital call can be quite draconian and allow the partner who can pay to seriously dilute the ownership interest of other parties that can't,» says Rick Kranz, a business trial lawyer with Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Los Angeles.