Sentence examples for existing offences from inspiring English sources

In 2001 the International Criminal Court Act extended the general label to a range of existing offences.

The ICC is not formally extending its jurisdiction, but the court said it would assess existing offences, such as crimes against humanity, in a broader context.

In its report, the committee notes: "The draft bill was heavily criticised by our witnesses, with many describing it as merely a "cut and paste" of the existing offences, with little thought beyond consolidation.

Companies would also be forced to rotate their accounting partners every five years.This would be on top of Mr Bush's plans to create a new financial crimes "SWAT team" and to boost the penalties for people convicted of the existing offences covered by company fraud legislation.

• Creates a new strict liability offence of paying for sex with a prostitute when a third person has used "exploitative conduct" (including force, threats and other coercion) to ensure the prostitute provides the sexual services, and modifies existing offences, such as soliciting.

Once approved by the senate, the law will allow courts to order the immediate dissolution of any movement regarded as a cult whose members are found guilty of such existing offences as fraud, abuse of confidence, the illegal practice of medicine, wrongful advertising and sexual abuse.

The disclosure offence has been modelled on an existing offence in the Crimes Act for "controlled operations" that are conducted by the Australian federal police.

Under pressure from the campaigning group Stonewall, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, has announced that the government intends to extend the existing offence of incitement to racial and religious hatred to cover hatred against people because of their sexuality.

The proposed changes will strengthen the existing offence of possessing information likely to be useful to a terrorist under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 so that it applies to material that is viewed repeatedly or streamed online.

Prosecutors should remind the courts of existing guidelines recommending serving prisoners receive a sentence consecutive to an existing offence, particularly for violent crimes.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the existing offence of forced labour should be revised so more offenders are caught and prosecuted.