Sentences with phrase «still punishable»

If you make that same statement at a gathering of hit men to induce them to take an action, your speech is still free but your inducement to kill is still punishable.

Is that still punishable only by his / her peers?

That Servetus was guilty of blasphemy, of a kind and degree which is still punishable here in England by imprisonment.

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You CAN still reproduce by having relations with memebers of the opposite gender, that is obvious, what you are missing out on is that to ensure that people didn't prefer same gender relationships over the opposite gender relationships, it was made a sin punishable by death to avoid any kind possible population reduction from members of the church.

Name a state where the law still states that horse theft is punishable by death.

This abolition was accomplished in a typically «legal» way: Legislative speech is still privileged, but only in the actual chamber; if reported elsewhere, it may be judged «subversive» and thus punishable.

Finally, though they are not as numerous, but still quite important in their influence, there are Reconstructionists, who aspire to replace civil codes with biblical laws, even to the point, among hard - liners, of making homosexuality, adultery, blasphemy, propagation of false doctrine, and incorrigible behavior by children punishable by death.

Homosexuality is still illegal in over 70 countries worldwide and punishable by death in eight.

One of the counts reads: «That you, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke (still at large) and Tijani Inda Bashir on or about the 27th day of March, 2015 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court directly took possession of the sum of N264, 880,000.00 (Two Hundred and Sixty - four Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira) which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition)(Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.»

«The still high incidence of punishable hate posting shows a need for police action,» Holger Münch, president of the Federal Criminal Police Office, said in a statement.

The charge read, «That you, Joachim Iroko, aka Joe, and others still at large, on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at about 5.30 pm at the Ketere area, Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace, by writing a name, Buhari, on a dog and parading same in the Hausa section of Ketere Market, Sango, thereby, committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of the Criminal Law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2016.»

Abbate said that although the offenses are considered minor, they still should be treated as crimes and not civil offenses punishable by just a fine.

Under current laws, smoking weed in public view can still be classified as a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail.

Back home in India, it continues to be a long uphill battle to get justice for the LGBTQ community as Section 377 of the Indian Penal code still bans «carnal intercourse against the order of nature» — an act punishable by life imprisonment.

While a large part of the world still considers homosexuality a crime punishable by sentences as severe as death, Great Britain during the 1980s was divided, with macho organizations like coal miners unmistakably in the camp of homophobes.

Packer's discussion of bribery and espionage shows that even if these two crimes are victimless in some sense or other, it would still be unreasonable to recommend that bribery and espionage cease to be punishable offenses.

The iPad's FaceTime camera offers better value for chatting, and while it's loaded with effects such as panoramic shooting, burst mode and HDR, we still believe tablet photography is an offense punishable by public humiliation.

Declawing is animal abuse and a punishable criminal offence in many countries, so why is it still legal in the USA and Canada, the civilised world wants to know?

He is still in jail, with bail set at $ 40,000, facing charges of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, a second degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

«Innocent» infringement is still infringement and is punishable as intentional infringement or «at the court's discretion» with a nominal $ 200 fine.

Section 1 of the same act from 1986 inserted into the House of Assembly Act, (sections that survived the 1989 revision and still exist as ss 22 & 23 of the House of Assembly Act, RSNS 1989 (1992 Supp) c 1) specify that a person convicted of an indictable offence punishable for a maximum of more than five years is not eligible to be nominated or elected as a member of the House.

* It is still illegal for anyone to wear armour to Parliament, (Royal Prerogative 1279) * Hanging washing in the street, beating a carpet and flying a kite are set out in the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, (chapter 89, section 28) as punishable by a # 1,000 fine * The Licensing Act of 1872 states that it is illegal to be drunk in charge of a cow, horse or steam engine * You can't fire a cannon close to a dwelling house (Metropolitan Police Act 1839) * You can't bet or gamble in the library reading room (Library Offences Act 1898) * You can't use any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847) * You can't drive cattle through the streets of London (Metropolitan Streets Act 1867)