Sentence examples for prosecuted under the act from inspiring English sources

A list of the categories of material most commonly prosecuted under the Act is published by the Crown Prosecution Service.

One person, on average, is prosecuted under the act every week, and around two-thirds are found guilty.

Officers are reportedly telling MPs that they are still worried that they might be prosecuted under the Act.

It's illegal to hunt foxes with packs of dogs under the Hunting Act, and more than 500 individuals have been prosecuted under the act from the time the legislation took effect in February 2005 to the end of last year.

Since the act was brought in more than a decade ago, 94% of the 423 people successfully prosecuted under the act were for casual hunting or poaching and had nothing to do with registered hunts, the organisation said.

While nobody has yet been prosecuted under the act, the YLLR report contends it has had a chilling effect on potential whistleblowers who are unsure of their legal protections under the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

Manning, Kim and Petraeus were all prosecuted under the same act – Title 18 of the US code, known as the Espionage Act.

Ken Goss, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said the case was unusual because Brown was prosecuted under the Marriage Act 1949, for deliberately failing to follow correct procedures.

No journalist is prosecuted under the Espionage Act.

Schoenfeld thinks McCormick could have been successfully prosecuted under the Espionage Act.

If he were ever prosecuted under the Espionage Act, this might have legal implications.