Sentences with phrase «serious penalty imposed»

It agreed to pay a $ 9.5 - million fine, the first serious penalty imposed in Canada for foreign bribery.

Not exact matches

The PCAOB uses its investigative authority to address serious audit deficiencies and uses its disciplinary authority to impose sanctions and penalties for those deficiencies.

The doctrine remains what it has been: that the State, in principle, has the right to impose the death penalty on persons convicted of very serious crimes.

«The late submission of accounts is a serious matter and where parties have failed to meet the statutory deadline we will be imposing civil penalties.»

• Penalties of up to $ 10 million may be imposed for violations of the new REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategy) provisions, designed to manage a known or potential serious risk associated with a drug or biological product.

The reforms give the Australian Information Commissioner increased enforcement powers, which includes, but is not limited to: impose civil penalties in the case of serious or repeated breaches of privacy (up to $ 340 000 for an individual and $ 1.7 million for a corporation); impose criminal penalties; and / or conduct assessments of privacy performance for both Australian government agencies and businesses.

While it's a step in the right direction for eradicating puppy mills, the USDA — who stands to bring in an additional $ 2.8 million annually in fees and fines from these breeders — must now step up and do their job of inspecting breeding facilities and imposing serious penalties for those that are in violation.

A driver of a motor vehicle is not entitled to impose a penalty of death or serious bodily harm on a cyclist just because the cyclist was rude or broke a traffic rule.

The loss or suspension of its liquor licence is a possible result, and even the fine imposed here was a serious penalty.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

His Honour Judge Bird had found that the breaches were both serious and deliberate, but in view of the mitigation put forward on his behalf, he decided not to impose any penalty on Mr King Mason, but ordered that he should pay the Claimant's solicitor's costs on an indemnity basis.

If the Crown chooses to proceed be indictment, which is generally reserved for more serious cases, the maximum penalty that can be imposed by the court is ten years imprisonment.

The most serious penalty the OJC can impose short of removal is a suspension without pay for 30 days, and a reprimand for his conduct.

While misdemeanors are generally less serious offenses than felonies, the penalties that can be imposed can be harsh.

If you stop paying child support, you are violating a court order and may be held in contempt of court by a judge who can impose serious penalties on you, such as monetary fines and jail time.

Considering that in the majority of cases involving serious corporate misconduct the authorities may impose administrative penalties and measures affecting the company's ability to continue and develop its activities, as a rule participation in a leniency programme is considered the better option for a company and implicated individuals.

The primary reason is because NJ Law imposes serious penalties for this violation.

Employment Insurance - Fraud is Serious (PDF) Outlines obligations when applying to and collecting employment insurance and discusses the differences between errors and fraud, what penalties can be imposed on claimants, third parties and employers, as well as prosecutions and disclosures.

The offence is inherently serious and besides the label of «sexual offender», people convicted of sexual offences are usually placed on a national sex offender's registry, creating long - term consequences, and that is to say nothing about the penalties that a Court may impose.

Member states would have to impose custodial sentences of at least five years or financial penalties on offending companies of at least $ 750,000 for particularly serious crimes, such as those that have resulted in death or serious injury.

The penalty imposed by the Discipline Committee was carefully tailored to the circumstances of this case, and fit comfortably within the range of penalties imposed in other similar or more serious cases of sexual abuse of patients.

Insurers impose serious penalties to the policy holder who meets an accident due to driving under influence of alcohol.