Sentences with phrase «penal laws against»
«Nor is it so clear, as people sometimes think, what are the possibilities for a Christian conscience in regard to the state's penal laws against termination of pregnancy.»
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As might be expected, it was only gradually worn down by the steady attrition of increasingly harsh penal laws against the open profession of their religion.
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It is established authority that the privilege does not apply against the risk of incrimination under the penal law of another country (see Brannigan v Davison [1997] AC 547, [1996] 3 WLR 859).
Suicide is against many religious laws and attempted suicide is often considered a penal offense, therefore, suicide is contrary to public policy.