Sentences with phrase «prosecution of criminal offences»

They include a policy Communication setting out the Commission's objectives and two legislative proposals: a Regulation setting out a general EU framework for data protection and a Directive on protecting personal data processed for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences and related judicial activities.

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).

Article 15 (1) of that Directive provides for restrictions to certain rights it provides for when necessary for purposes such as national security and the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences.

Not exact matches

July 28 — Two weeks after being cleared of racial abuse in a criminal prosecution, former England captain John Terry was charged by the Football Association (FA) yesterday for virtually the same offence.

Ebo Hawkson reported from the court that a Senior State Attorney, Ms Sefakor Batsa, told the court on Tuesday that, based on section 54 of the criminal and other offences Act, 1960 (Act 30) the AG had filed a nolle prosequi not to continue with the prosecution.

It went on: «Use of the term in a public setting could amount to a criminal offence, and leave those fans liable to prosecution and potentially a lengthy football banning order.»

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.

«Hundreds of criminals, including those accused of sexual offences, have avoided prosecution after a «cover - up» in magistrates» courts, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

[Anyone] who, in public and against the facts, ascribes to the Polish Nation or to the Polish State, responsibility or co-responsibility for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich, [as] defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on August 8, 1945 -LSB-...], or for other offences which are crimes against peace [or] humanity or [that are] war crimes, or who otherwise grossly reduces the responsibility of the actual perpetrators of said crimes, is subject to a fine or [to] imprisonment for up to 3 years.

I had a look at the England and Wales section of Wikipedia's article on bail, and while it mentions that it is a criminal offence, it doesn't mention how often, if at all, prosecutions have been done for that.

General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29):

Mr. Charles Ofori, according to a report by the Daily Graphic and other news portals, called for the prosecution of judges implicated in the corruption scandal because he found their actions a criminal offence.

The EC also said the APC flagbearer's forms had forged signatures of other people on it, and hence will be referred to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution, in line with section 211, 248, 251, 256 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

By Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence charged.

She said the Commission will «refer the matter of the possible forgeries of these signatures to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29): Section 211: Perjury Section 248: making false declaration etc. for office or voting; Section 251: Deceiving a public officer Section 256: Corruption, Intimidation and impersonation in respect of election.»

The offences, according to the prosecution, beached Sections 39 (2), 64 (1) and 97 (3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

• Sections 239 (1), 239.1, and 239 (1.1) of the Income Tax Act • Sections 327 (1) and 327.1 of the Excise Tax Act • Sections 380 (Fraud), 462.31 (Laundering the proceeds of crime) or other indictable offences under the Criminal Code that may be applicable in a tax evasion prosecution.

If you commit any of the offences set out in sections 85 to 88 of the ECT Act, you shall, notwithstanding any criminal prosecution, be liable for all losses, liabilities and damages that may be suffered by TravelGround.com due to or related to such offences.

Article 12 of this Directive concerns statutes of limitations for investigation, prosecution, trial and judicial decision of criminal offences affecting the Union's financial interests.

Another disadvantage of criminal prosecutions is that courts have relatively little experience in dealing with regulatory matters and may set fines for regulatory offences below the profit made from the breach.

The immunity applicant in the global marine hoses cartel which gave rise to the first UK prosecution of the criminal cartel offence

A review of AMP provisions suggests their drafters struggled to find terminology analogous to criminal law concepts such as «offence», «prosecution», and «conviction» without using criminal law terminology (which would itself be problematic as it would inevitably make the provisions criminal or quasi criminal in nature).

The Guideline, which was created as part of a package to support the introduction in the UK of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), contains a 10 - step process to be followed by the criminal courts when sentencing corporations for fraud, bribery and money laundering offences.

Currently, assisting someone's death is a criminal offence, although there have been no prosecutions since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in Feprosecutions since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in FeProsecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in February 2010.

Section 64 (1A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) authorised the police to retain such fingerprints or DNA samples after they had fulfilled the purposes for which they had been taken, and provided that they were not to be used «except for purposes related to the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution».

He is one of six individuals charged with criminal offences today (28 June) by the Crown Prosecution Service, including David Duckenfield, the match commander for South Yorkshire Police on the day of the disaster, and Donald Denton, the former chief superintendent of South Yorkshire Police.

Mutual assistance encompasses all measures aimed at facilitating the prosecution and punishment of criminal offences and is generally requested by prosecution authorities.

At the time, the POA was described as «one of the most sweeping legislative reforms of procedures governing the prosecution of offences since the enactment of the Criminal Code in 1892.»

Her main areas of practice were family law, mediation, wills and estates, administrative law, and prosecution of regulatory offences and criminal code offences.

1) make sure that the «access to and the subsequent use of the retained data [are] strictly restricted to the purpose of preventing and detecting precisely defined serious offences or of conducting criminal prosecutions relating thereto» (§ 229);

No recent prosecutions for this offence are on record but the offence is an integral part of our criminal law.

Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 brought its provisions into domestic law with the result that prosecutions can be brought wherever the offence occurred, if the accused is a public official of any state.

The prosecution of marijuana offences unduly stigmatizes otherwise law - abiding citizens through the imposition of a criminal record.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is responsible for prosecuting criminal offences under the Act.

The legislative authority enabling a court to award costs in criminal proceedings is primarily contained in Part II of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (sections 16 to 19B), the Access to Justice Act (in relation to funded clients) and in regulations that have since been made pursuant to these statutes, including the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986, as criminal proceedings is primarily contained in Part II of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (sections 16 to 19B), the Access to Justice Act (in relation to funded clients) and in regulations that have since been made pursuant to these statutes, including the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986, as Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986, as amended.

CONTROL OF INFORMATION: SS 40 - 47 These provisions enable HM Revenue & Customs, and the Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office to supply the secretary of state with information for use in connection with: immigration control; criminal offences; carriers» liability; employment restrictions; asylum support; and nationality matters relating to good character and deprivation of nationalitOF INFORMATION: SS 40 - 47 These provisions enable HM Revenue & Customs, and the Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office to supply the secretary of state with information for use in connection with: immigration control; criminal offences; carriers» liability; employment restrictions; asylum support; and nationality matters relating to good character and deprivation of nationalitof state with information for use in connection with: immigration control; criminal offences; carriers» liability; employment restrictions; asylum support; and nationality matters relating to good character and deprivation of nationalitof nationality.

The somewhat needless and arguably unprincipled prosecution of a small refurbishment contractor in the case of R v Skansen Interiors Limited resulting in an absolute discharge is another example of small companies being the easy targets for prosecutors seeking to test the boundaries of new corporate criminal offences.

I am pursuing a CRIMINAL private prosecution of the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO The Crown has this defense The Applicant's information failed to allege «a person» committed an indictable offence because the Attorney General (in its capacity as chief law officer) is not «a person» who can be prosecuted criminallof the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO The Crown has this defense The Applicant's information failed to allege «a person» committed an indictable offence because the Attorney General (in its capacity as chief law officer) is not «a person» who can be prosecuted criminallOF ONTARIO The Crown has this defense The Applicant's information failed to allege «a person» committed an indictable offence because the Attorney General (in its capacity as chief law officer) is not «a person» who can be prosecuted criminally.

The «Crown Policy Manual» outlined by the Attorney General provides a specific procedure on how Crown prosecutors are to execute their duties, It's critical for you to know that most Crown Attorneys are instructed to «carry out prosecution of domestic violence charges just as aggressively as any other type of criminal offences».

Anthony developed his love of litigation working for a Crown Attorney's office, where he aided in the prosecution of a variety of criminal offences.

As recently demonstrated by the pending Greek prosecution of former Johnson & Johnson employees, which includes the prosecution of one individual, Robert Dougall, notwithstanding his 2010 prosecution by the SFO and conviction and sentence, [13] no settlement can confer an absolute guarantee against further proceedings in any jurisdiction — particularly not in jurisdictions where there is no limitation period for criminal offences (as in the United Kingdom, other than for summary offences).

Criminal offences arising from possession, trafficking and production of drugs such as marihuana, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and oxycontin are handed by the federal prosecution service, and are prosecuted very aggressively.

According to the website of the Ministry of Justice, «the decision not to have the courts deal with an offence is a matter of prosecutorial discretion and is made by the criminal and penal prosecuting attorney» only once «it is has been determined that the wrongful act attributed to the offender constitutes an offence, that it can be proved and that no legal obstacle bars the prosecution.»

At the same time that Wilson - Raybould was quite rightly bemoaning the disproportionate representation of minorities and indigenous offenders in the criminal justice system, the prosecution of marijuana offences continues unabated.

However, given the desirability of finality in criminal matters, it would not usually be in the interests of justice that people should have to face a second prosecution in relation to the same offence, if the evidence relied on was available at the earlier hearing, particularly when a deliberate decision had been taken not to rely on that evidence.

«In appropriate cases prosecutions may be brought where it is not possible for the Crown to prove by direct evidence the involvement of the defendant in the commission of specific offences nor the receipt of monies by him arising out of the commission of specific criminal offences... Whilst the prosecution must prove that the property is «criminal property» within the meaning of the statutory definition, there is nothing in the wording of the section which imports any further requirement that the property emanated from a particular crime or a specific type of criminal conduct.»

However, perhaps a prosecution of a law society under Criminal Code s. 122 for its failure to perform its duties in regard to access to justice by at least trying to solve the unaffordable legal services problem would fail because, even if an official knows that a decision does affect his / her personal interests, there is no offence, «if the decision is made honestly and in a genuine belief that it was a proper exercise of his jurisdiction.

More practically, as a solicitor, the biggest changes are probably the most recent — the introduction of the new regulatory regime in Scotland which allows the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency to accept an offer of an enforcement undertaking, as an alternative to a criminal prosecution, where there is a reasonable suspicion that an offence has been committed.

The provision would extend the powers and rights of audience of DCWs by enabling them to conduct: - summary trials in magistrates» courts; - certain proceedings in magistrates» courts, including proceedings relating to offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3Offences Act 1985, s 3 (2)(g).

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