Sentence examples for offence legislation from inspiring English sources

A rape charity has welcomed a report into sexual offence legislation that has called for legal amendments so a person who is severely intoxicated would lose the capacity to consent to sex.

It has also hit out at the government for dragging its feet over the implementation of new domestic violence and sexual offences legislation designed to protect women from mistreatment and abuse in the home.

Wide-ranging reforms to sex offences legislation, including a new law making it a crime to pay for sex, have been proposed by the Irish government.

Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald published a draft bill that proposed wide-ranging reforms to sexual offences legislation, including a new measure making it a crime to pay for sex.

AG co-authored an expert opinion as evidence for a legal case challenging sections of the Sexual Offences legislation that criminalise consensual sexual activity between young adolescents.

And for almost a decade, the country has been reviewing its sexual offences legislation and considering reform of sex work laws [ 52, 53].

Tyndall had been tried and convicted in the early 60s for paramilitary-style offences under legislation designed to curb the activities of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists in the 30s.

Furthermore, a review of the law in relation to sexual offences culminated in the Sexual Offences Act (2003); legislation that dramatically altered the legal landscape relating to sexual offences generally and the offence of rape specifically.

Individual possession of legal highs is not a criminal offence under the legislation.

The offence, based on legislation introduced in New York, would carry a maximum prison sentence of 51 weeks, a fine of up to £5,000 or both.

Scotland Yard warned the public that viewing, downloading or disseminating the video within the UK might constitute a criminal offence under terrorism legislation.