Sentences with phrase «member of criminal offences»

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The inclusion of social supply in the bill also has the potential to result in discriminatory impact on members of black and minority ethnic groups, given what is known about the over-representation of members of these groups at each stage of the criminal justice response to drug offences.»

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.

Disqualification of peers convicted of a serious criminal offence or who are subject to a bankruptcy restriction order Provide power for House of Lords to expel or suspend a member Allow peers to resign and disclaim their peerage Repeal legislation that limits protest around parliament Remove prime minister from process of appointments to President, Deputy President and judges of the Supreme Court Inclusion of spending of non-departmental public bodies in Estimates and Accounts of responsible govt department

A senior member of the campaign group has also been reported to the Metropolitan Police because the watchdog said it had «reasonable grounds to suspect» they had committed criminal offences.

Kaduna State Police Command, Thursday, paraded 36 suspects for various offences, ranging from rape, arm robbery, cattle rustling and members of a criminal gang terrorising the...

While Bill C - 66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts («Bill C - 66»), was described by Member of Parliament Randy Boissonnault as a law intended to address criminal offences that were used «to victimize LGBTQ2S + people systematically,» the Legal Network and HALCO are -LSB-...]

Chambers» senior criminal clerk, Lynn Pilkington, and other members of Goldsmith Chambers» Rape List counsel were delighted to be invited to and attend a RASSO (Rape and Serious Sexual Offences) party in Pimlico on 7th September 2017.

As a conclusion, one can say that the CJEU did not only reply to the question raised by Advocate General Kokott whether «EU law require [s] the courts of the Member States to refrain from applying certain provisions of their national law on the limitation periods applicable to the prosecution of criminal offences in order to guarantee the effective punishment of tax offences» (§ 1 of the Opinion).

It would be a criminal offence for any member of the media to breach anonymity even indirectly, for example, where the naming of others in the case would itself be likely to identify the victim.

The human rights group says a structured sentencing framework would produce injustice, prevent optimum sentencing outcomes and could even result in an increase in rates of imprisonment: «These proposals go entirely against the prevailing trend of government criminal justice policy in recent years in relation to violent and sexual offences: that is, an emphasis on the individualised risk posed by the individual offender towards a member or members of the public.»

The lawyer that SLS had in place to argue for the status of SLS status in Court was never needed, the judge was convinced that SLS members were authorized to appear in Court by the express provision in the Criminal Code allowing agents to appear for individuals charged with Summary Conviction offences.

Topics discussed include indictable and hybrid offences, terms of imprisonment, ability to sponsor family members, mechanisms for relief in criminal law, and pardons and record suspensions.

If you have a friend or family member who is charged with an offence because of something their addiction drove them to do, it is very important you help them find an experienced lawyer who understands and can help them navigate the criminal justice system.

4 The following persons are excluded from serving as jurors: (a) members of the Privy Council, the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada; (b) members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Executive Council; (c) members of the council of a municipality or members of a board of trustees of a school district or school division; (d) judges of the Provincial Court, justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench and justices of the peace, whether retired or not; (e) barristers and solicitors, whether or not they are practising, and students ‑ at ‑ law; (f) medical examiners under the Fatality Inquiries Act; (g) officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; (h) persons who (i) have been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted, or (ii) are currently charged with a criminal offence; (i) witnesses summoned to attend before the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly during the period that their attendance is required; (j) persons confined in an institution; (k) persons engaged in the administration of justice, including (i) members and employees of any police service, (ii) probation officers, (iii) employees of the Department of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada.

Charge 29 relates to Criminal Code section 119 (1)(a), which sets out that «everyone is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who... being the holder of a judicial office, or being a member of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, directly or indirectly, corruptly accepts, obtains, agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, for themselves or another person, any money, valuable consideration, office, place or employment in respect of anything done or omitted or to be done or omitted by them in their official capacity.»

Thus, in accordance with Section 130 of the National Defence Act any Criminal Code offence committed by a member of the Canadian Armed Forces or any person accompanying the Canadian Forces has also committed an offence under the National Defence Act (hereinafter NDA) and the Code of Service Discipline, found under Part III of the NDA applies.

Mandatory minimum sentences for criminal offences that can be grossly unfair, particularly to members of First Nations communities and their families.

Removal from office as an elected member or as a Senator is possible under s. 750 of the Criminal Code where the member is convicted of an indictable offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years or more.

Under the proposed directive, member states would be required to ensure that a range of activities, such as the illegal shipment of waste and unlawful trade in endangered species or in ozone - depleting substances, already prohibited by EU or national legislation are considered criminal offences, when committed intentionally or with serious negligence.

If enacted, the Act will provide that no person shall knowingly represent or advise a person for consideration — or offer to do so — in connection with an immigration proceeding or application unless the person is a lawyer that is a member in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society, or a member of a body designated by the government, effectively making it a criminal offence to operate as an unlicensed immigration consultant.

Members of the official Brexit campaign during the EU referendum may have committed criminal offences relating to overspending and collusion, according to lawyers advising whistleblowers who worked inside the organisation.