Sentences with phrase «specific offence»

That would require an investigation by the court and a willingness to embark on the prosecution of an individual or individuals accused of specific offences within its jurisdiction.

Significant new legislation such as the Home Office Affairs Committee this autumn is now in place and specific offences related to failing to protect from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), however, the training I see as a safeguarding specialist, particularly in schools, demonstrates a need for a serious shake - up.

In the second case, if certain specific offences are committed (in particular money laundering, corruption in the private or public sectors, criminal organisation, etc), charges can be brought against the company irrespective of the criminal liability of any individual, provided the corporation failed to take all reasonable organisational measures that were required in order to prevent such an offence.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan will have a one - to - one education session tailored to his specific offences as part of his rehabilitation after being found guilty of making racist and anti-semitic comments --(Guardian)

If a specific offence took place in another county, CAB should also inform that local authority.

It does not make it a specific offence to be under the influence of controlled substances.

The specific offence which the CPS was investigating was section 82 (6) of the Representation of the People Act (RPA).

The Home Office decided against making paying for sex a specific offence in 2004 but Ms Harman yesterday indicated ministers are looking again at the issue.

The statement, which was announced on the state - owned radio station, did not explain the specific offence committed by Adelusi.

The Labour government made it a specific offence to drive while using a mobile phone after research showed reaction times could be slowed by as much as 50 per cent.

The penalty for property offences ranges from small fines to periods of imprisonment depending on the circumstances of your case and the specific offence that you have been found guilty of.

In recent years we have seen Sections 5 and 8 of the Defamation Act 2013 address internet publication; the Digital Economy Act 2017 address copyright and online pornography; and Section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 create a specific offence of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress (the so called «revenge porn» law).

Careless driving of a snowmobile is also a specific offence.

Mick Antoniw, of personal injury firm Thompsons, says that although the Act finally provides an offence specifically focused on deaths in the workplace, it is hampered by the failure to provide a specific offence aimed at directors of companies.

By contrast, no breakdown of acquittals — as between directed and non-directed verdicts — is given by specific offence or offence groups.

The failure to provide a «specific offence» aimed at the directors of companies in the long - awaited Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 weakens the legislation, lawyers claim.

This last objection, to permitting the common law to stand as a system parallel to the Criminal Code, is also reflected in our Charter as a principle of fundamental justice under section 11 (a) wherein a person charged with a criminal offence has a right to be informed of the specific offence without delay.