Sentence examples for A contravention from inspiring English sources

A contravention of the regulations renders speakers and organizers of demonstrations liable to fines of up to $10,000, or incarceration of up to six months.

Q: Isn't this a contravention of the civil service code?

Very annoying, and a contravention of trading standards.

By the letter of the law, it was a contravention of first-class regulations.

Merkel, for her part, called the invasion a contravention of international law.

That is a contravention of clause 29 of Magna Carta 1297, which is still in force".

The group found itself under scrutiny when it was disclosed that two senators who are surrogates for the McCain campaign, Joseph I. Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, were on the group's policy advisory board, an apparent contravention of a new conflict-of-interest policy by the McCain campaign.

Residents of the world's largest refugee camp are technically being returned by force to conflict zones in a major contravention of international law, a rights group has argued.

If the rest of the law is approved, customers of prostitutes will face a fine of €1,500 for a first "contravention", rising to €3,750 for subsequent offences, which will be considered crimes.

[ 55] Further, it is a gross contravention of medical ethics, as well as an offence under applicable international instruments, for health personnel to engage, actively or passively, in acts which constitute participation in, complicity in, incitement to or attempts to commit torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Mr President, I rise under Rule 3. I regret to have to raise a matter concerning the immunities of this House and a serious contravention of Article 9 of the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.