Sentence examples for general offences from inspiring English sources

The general offences also cover situations where the mere acceptance of such an advantage would constitute improperly performing relevant functions or activities.

It argues for the introduction of a new "general offence" banning the purchase of sexual services.

MPs and peers called for the introduction of a new "general offence" banning the purchase of sex while calling for soliciting offences used to prosecute prostitutes to be removed from the statute book.

In fact, there are no rules governing the use of blood in sanitary pad advertising, only that sanitary products should not be advertised too close to children's programming, or cause general offence.

The draft legislation includes the creation of a general offence of purchasing sexual services and a second "more serious offence" of purchasing a sexual service from a trafficked person.

The Act (UK Government 2006) provides for a general offence of fraud, defined through the three ways of committing it, which are (1) by false representation, (2) by failing to disclose information and (3) by abuse of position.

Sections 1 to 5 of the Act cover "general bribery offences".

Unlike with general bribery offences, there is no requirement to show that the public official acted improperly as a result; this is a distinction between the Act and the Anti-Bribery Convention. Anti-Bribery Convention

Under Section 14, senior officers or directors in a company which commits a general bribery offence will also be liable for the purposes of the Act.

Moreover, possessing more than four unmet needs was associated with a shorter time to re-offence, for both general and violent offences.

Another international expert on extradition said courts have in general considered political offences to be those committed as an incidental part of a broader political power struggle between a defined movement or party of which the defendant is a member, and the established government.