Sentence examples for not punishable from inspiring English sources

Article 11(1) of the Constitution states: "No person shall be punished for an act or omission which was not punishable by law when it was done or made, and no person shall suffer greater punishment for an offence than was prescribed by law at the time it was committed".

But fraud, while a crime, is not punishable by death, said Mr. AlGasim, the retired judge.

Premarital sex is not punishable for non-Muslims, but it remains socially taboo.

"The actions are not punishable," a police spokesman, Norbert Gunkel, told The Associated Press.

"I propose that we make the violent taking of a woman not punishable by law when done off public grounds," he wrote.

Those who opposed Scientology in any way were called "suppressive persons," of whom Hubbard wrote: "A truly suppressive person or group has no rights of any kind, and actions taken against them are not punishable".

But sexual advances aren't punishable by law, either.

But the court said it was not a punishable offense.

There are, after all, consequences to the widespread belief that these acts of harassment are regrettable but not ultimately punishable.

I'm nearing the end of a marathon and my graceful form has turned into a heelstriking shuffle … So look: being "caught" heelstriking is not a punishable offence.

The federal tribunal's ruling, entitled Hitler salute in public not always punishable, said on Wednesday that the gesture was a crime only if someone was using it to spread racist ideology, not simply declaring one's own conviction.