Sentences with phrase «for alleged offences»

Government of Canada confirms that it has imprisoned — and may continue to imprison — people for alleged offences committed by others

(c) Existing Charges and Charges for Alleged Offences Committed Before December 14, 2017: Likely, those who currently have OHSA charges before the courts will be questioning whether they are now subject to the increased penalties.

The EFCC Lagos Zonal Office had reportedly arrested the suspects who were National Diploma students for alleged offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences and possession of forged documents.

Shema is being charged alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba before Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court for the alleged offences of criminal breach of trust, abuse of office and conversion of public funds to the tune of over N11billion Naira during his tenure as governor.

Private investigator Jonathan Rees and News of the World journalist Alex Marunchak were arrested for alleged offences under section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and sections 1 and 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 by police officers working on Operation Kalmyk, part of Operation Tuleta dealing with computer hacking.

He is further asking the court to hold that the attempt by the EFCC to force him to implicate the former President, Dr Jonathan, was contrary to Section 7 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which has outlawed the practice of arresting a citizen as ransom for the alleged offence of another citizen.

(b) the prosecutor satisfies the court that there are reasonable grounds to doubt that the accused is criminally responsible for the alleged offence, on account of mental disorder.

Not exact matches

The alleged offences happened while he was working as a youth leader for the Diocese of London and training to become a minister at the University of Oxford.

The former provincial superior of the Society of Missionaries of Africa was also accused of r4ping one of the sisters, but since the alleged incident happened in Dublin he could not be tried for the offence in Northern Ireland.

The Daily Mirror alleges that Terry was parked in a disabled parking bay and gone on to claim that the centre - back has previously been «blasted» for a similar offence in 2008.

We enjoyed Atkinson's company four times last season: the home defeat to Watford; away wins to Crystal Palace (where he sent off Cresswell for two alleged yellow card offences) and Middlesbrough; and the away defeat to Arsenal (where he denied the Gunners a penalty or two to prevent an even more comprehensive scoreline).

He was already on bail for two other alleged offences.

He is alleged to have asked Vicky Pryce, his wife at the time, to take the penalty points for a speeding offence for an incident that occurred way back in 2003.

He added that the former Conservative MP Patrick Mercer's alleged offence was «against the rules,» but that there was a «perfectly proper need» for professional lobbyists.

The Bill defined the modalities for the appointment and operations of the Special Prosecutor, which will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63, and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector.

Yesterday it emerged that Lord Stoneham, who was Director of Operations at Lib Dem HQ, — and therefore head of HR — during the period that some of the alleged offences took place, called one of the female victims after the news story broke, not to express concern or offer her support, but to criticise her for her actions and «angrily remonstrated» her down the telephone.

The freed female inmate, Ameh Happy, who was standing trial for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery got reprieve when advise from the Director of Public Prosecution DPP absolved her of any complicity in the alleged offence.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Maimuna Aliyu, for an alleged N57m fraud.

Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to face trial for alleged corruption.

Hopeson Adorye, being a Deputy Communications Director of the party, it is clear that the NPP has come to the conclusion that the only way to effectively deal with Akufo - Addo's nasty reputation as an alleged drugs user and as someone who surrounds himself with persons convicted for drugs - related offences, is to find an equaliser.

Without waiting for the aspiring candidates to exhaust their constitutional rights to challenge her arbitrary decisions and determinations, she arrogantly proceeded to refer the aspiring candidates to the police for investigation for the commission of various offences alleged by her in her statement of reasons for disqualifying them.

The tribunal explained that the admittance of the EFCC staff under cross-examination that Saraki was not invited for clarification on the grey areas in his assets form, grossly affected the competence of the charges, adding also that the claim by another banker that all documents it had linking Saraki to the alleged offences were lost in a fire accident further neutralized the evidence.

The Chief Executive Officer, General Duties and Procurement Officer Kaduna State Polytechnic, Mr. Ahmed Umar, has been docked before Honourable Justice M.T.M Tukur of Kaduna State High Court 7 sitting in Kaduna by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged contract inflation and award of contracts to a company which he owned.

Nine (9) persons — Kamal Ismail, Bongaamwini Issahaku, Salifu Seidu Adnan, Abdulai Hakeem, Suglo Nugu, Dakura Peter, Nuhu Mohammed, Kasim Dramani and Issah Salifu — who are alleged to have been responsible for the criminal action have been arraigned before court for prosecution, having been charged with the following offences:

When I insisted on what offences we committed for our detention and search on our phones, they claimed that Governor Ambode of Lagos was aware of an alleged massive fraud committed in Lagos involving my Son, Gidado Shuaib.

The anti-graft agency is prosecuting him in court for alleged corruption and money laundering offences committed while in the saddle as governor.

A blogger operating in Abuja and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mrs Abimbola Adeniyi, was yesterday remanded in prison for alleged traffic offence.

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.

For some provincial offences, the only question is whether the defendant did the act alleged.

This is a result of Bill 177 adding a second phrase to section 69 establishing that the limitation can run for one year after «the day upon which an inspector becomes aware of the alleged offence».

The case for change as now advocated should begin with the issue of whether it is proper in relation to an offence which alleges serious criminality and in respect of which the maximum penalty is five years that there should no longer be any need to establish an accused's dishonesty.

This onus is reversed however, for the most serious of offences or where a person is alleged to have committed a new offence while out on a previous bail order.

This extension means that, in certain limited circumstances, prosecutions will be permitted to be commenced years after the alleged offence occurred, which will lead to increased uncertainty for employers.

A court will examine all the circumstances of the alleged offence, including the apparent strength of the Crown's case and the potential for a lengthy period of incarceration upon conviction.

- An offence notice violation ticket will have a certificate of offence (noting the alleged offence) and an offence notice (indicating the penalty for the offence, a date to appear in Court, and how to respond to the offence notice)

Once you have been lawfully arrested, the officer has a right to search you, your belongings, and the area around you for evidence of the alleged offence or for a weapon.

The court will analyze all of the factors and must be able to infer that a power imbalance existed between the accused and alleged victim at the time of the alleged offence and that the accused was utilizing that power imbalance to exploit the young person for the accused's» own benefit.

28 For the same reasons, the accused is discharged with respect to the original Criminal Code offence charged in Count 11 that alleged the use of a forged Bosnian passport to enter Canada.

The potential consequences of the naming of individuals following the DPA's publication can be seen in the fact that Ms Shose Sinare, one of the Tanzanian individuals allegedly responsible for the underlying offence in Standard Bank plc, has brought a civil claim against Standard Bank in the Tanzanian courts alleging, among other things, that she had a right to see and respond to the allegations in the statement of facts.

Funds do not automatically default to the crown if the accused is rearrested for another offence or alleged to have breached a condition of his or her release.

It provides that the «record of proceedings» in a matter that results in the conviction for a criminal offence under the Act (or a failure to comply with a Tribunal order) is «prima facie» evidence of the alleged conduct in a civil action.

Remand in custody for return to jurisdiction where offence alleged to have been committed (3) Where a person has been arrested without warrant for an indictable offence alleged to have been committed in Canada outside the territorial division where the arrest took place, the person shall, within the time prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), be taken before a justice within whose jurisdiction the person was arrested unless, where the offence was alleged to have been committed within the province in which the person was arrested, the person was taken before a justice within whose jurisdiction the offence was alleged to have been committed, and the justice within whose jurisdiction the person was arrested

It has been relatively uncommon for private plaintiffs to commence proceedings under other criminal provisions, although there have been some cases — for example, one case brought for alleged predatory pricing which was, until recently, a criminal offence.

● «Secondly, because the defendant was convicted of the offence before a criminal court, he can have no grounds for disputing the factual basis of the tort now alleged against him, or his liability for its commission.»

[1] Mr. Boyes is charged with three offences, alleged to have been committed in the early morning hours of September 22, 2012: (i) dangerous driving, contrary to section 249 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code; (ii) failing to stop when pursued by police officer, contrary to section 249.1 (1) of the Criminal Code; and (iii) failing to comply with demand for a breath sample which was made to him under section 254 of the Criminal Code.

Where the charge is an offence against the administration of justice, such as a breach of a court order, the Prosecutor should consider the extent of non-compliance, the seriousness of the alleged breach and any apparent reasons for the breach in determining her position on bail.

So for example when the BAe sentencing hearing is convened the stage is set for the judge, almost certainly, HHJ Rivlin, to demand from the SFO's counsel an explanation for why the company is not indicted for any corruption offence but only for the Companies Act offence for which only a small fine is payable (the alleged offence having been committed prior to the unlimited fining power becoming available, surely no coincidence).

BIS has plainly been persuaded by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the agency responsible for the investigation and prosecution of this offence, that the inclusion of dishonesty has made the successful prosecution of alleged cartellists almost impossible.

He contended that the alleged price - fixing conspiracy did not amount to an extradition offence for the purposes of s 137 (2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (EA 2003), because dishonesty was not required under US law.

Liberty reserves the rights to arrange for representation at any Inquest or Fatal Inquiry in respect of any death which may be the subject of indemnity under this Plan and undertake the defense of proceedings in any Court of Law in respect of any act or alleged offence causing or relating to any event which may be the subject of indemnity under this Plan