Sentences with phrase «impose stiffer penalties»

With mass shootings dominating the news at regular intervals, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have pursued legislation to expand background checks, prevent those on the terrorism watch list from buying guns, and impose stiff penalties for gun straw purchasing and trafficking.

Kenya has imposed stiffer penalties - longer jail terms and bigger fines - for wildlife poaching or trafficking, saying poaching is harming tourism, a major earner of foreign exchange.

We understand that most universities impose stiff penalties on students who attempt to hand in a plagiarized work.

If you're likely to carry a balance at all, you might want to steer clear of a charge card, which you can impose a stiff penalty for not paying off your bill.

Indeed, the court can impose stiff penalties on parties who neglect this duty.

It will come as no surprise to anyone tuned into the current political situation in Canada that changes in our criminal laws over the last several years have been consistently in a single direction: that of creating more offences and imposing stiffer penalties.

Indiana imposes stiff penalties for people with a DWI.

Effective January 1, 2012, a new California law — Senate Bill 459 (SB 459)-- imposes stiff penalties that range between $ 5,000 to $ 25,000 for the «willful misclassification» of independent contractors by employers «avoiding employee status for an individual by voluntarily and knowingly misclassifying that individual as an independent contractor.»

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It is would be wise not to file returns while having tax dues to clear as the penalties imposed on you are going to be considerably stiff.