Sentence examples for offences specified from inspiring English sources

Under the Extradition Act, cases can be dismissed if "offences specified in the [arrest] warrant are not offences under the meaning of the [act]," said the official.

Another question raised by Mr Assange was whether the offences specified in the warrant were extraditable offences.

The conventions still demand that we do not call the police the militia and that we refer to captured prisoners as defendants; we charge them with specified offences; set out the evidence of crimes we say they have committed, and stand them on trial.

Judge Riddle said: "I am satisfied that the specified offences are extradition offences".

Creates offences associated with financing and support for terrorism, as well as criminalising specified offences such as possessing information for terrorism or inciting overseas terrorism.

The exact drugs covered by the offence and the specified limits for each will be decided following advice from the panel and public consultation.

Provisions exist in the ISA to make it easier to admit statements made by people charged with offences under the Act or certain offences under other laws specified in the Second Schedule to the Act.

It is an offence to knowingly contravene specified provisions of the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Rules; the penalty is a fine not exceeding S$1,000.

VICE lodged Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, the results of which showed that even though IPPs were only supposed to be given for 153 serious "specified offenc- es" (largely violent or sex crimes), judges flouted the guidelines and issued them for a handful of offences not on the list.

In England and Wales, the age of consent for sexual activity (of whatever orientation) as specified in the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003 is 16 years.

5 The current New Zealand law referenced above, which is aimed at those who provide contract cheating services to students states that "A person commits an offence if the person provides any service specified in subsection (4) with the intention [our emphasis] of giving a student an unfair advantage over other students".