Sentence examples for applied to offences from inspiring English sources

The amnesty would have applied to offences committed during the political turmoil after Thailand's 2006 coup, which ousted Mr Thaksin.

The bill, which was proposed by the governing Pheu Thai party, applied to offences committed during the upheaval after Mr Thaksin was removed from office.

Political tensions were also raised earlier this month when Pheu Thai tried to introduce a controversial amnesty bill that applied to offences committed during the political turmoil after Mr Thaksin was ousted.

The Act applies to offences committed wholly on or after 15 January 2007 and extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The amnesty applies to offences committed during the political turmoil after Mr Thaksin was ousted in a coup.

The amnesty applies to offences committed during the turmoil after Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a coup, and could allow the return of the former PM who is in exile.

Mediation can be applied to criminal offences for which a fine or imprisonment up to five years is prescribed by the law.

We will use the UK Bribery Act 2010 to explain how 'extraterritoriality' works, and how the principles might be applied to our proposed offence against contract cheating as shown in Table 1.

The explanatory memorandum to the bill said the offence applied to "disclosures by any person, including participants in an SIO [special intelligence operation], other persons to whom information about an SIO has been communicated in an official capacity, and persons who are the recipients of an unauthorised disclosure of information, should they engage in any subsequent disclosure".

It is closely related to the defence of duress, a defence that applies to all offences except murder and attempted murder, where a defendant claims to have been forced to commit an offence by the threat of death or serious physical injury but in the defence of necessity it is circumstances that force the person to break the law.

The case shows that the ruling applies to minor offences committed by adults as well as juveniles.