The phrase "prosecuted under section" is correct and it can be used in written English.
You can use it when describing a legal action taken against someone based on failure to comply with a particular section of a law. For example, "The company was prosecuted under Section 6 of the anti-pollution law for dumping waste into local water sources."
No local authority was prosecuted under Section 28 during the 15 years it was law, until Tony Blair's government removed it from the statute books in 2003.
But even we didn't think the first person to be prosecuted under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 would be a poet.
However, Mr Tugendhat was concerned in case a journalist could instead of being prosecuted under section 5 be charged with inciting an offence under section 1.
He was even prosecuted under section 35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 for failing to co-operate in the redocumentation process.
If they solicit information about crime or security matters they can be prosecuted under section 5 of the Official Secrets Act, which at the insistence of parliament in 1989 vouchsafed them a public interest defence.
He was prosecuted under section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003, which prohibits sending "by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".
Instead the companies will be prosecuted under sections two and three of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, on the grounds that they owed a duty of care to both passengers and employees.
On 7 May 2012, Ramachandran said that Modi can be prosecuted under sections 153 A (1) (a) & (b), 153 B (1), 166 and 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code for promoting enmity among different groups during the 2002 Gujarat riots, including the Naroda incident.
"As a general rule, we have wanted to see these individuals prosecuted," Under-Secretary Joseph said in an interview.
If the former UK company were convicted of conspiring to intercept communications, the members of its board of directors – including Rupert and James Murdoch – could then be prosecuted personally under section 79 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa).
Police officers, prison guards, judges and care providers at public health facilities can all be prosecuted under the title 18, section 242 of the US code, more commonly known as the "color of law" statute.
