Sentence examples for prosecution code from inspiring English sources

The small but significant change to Afghanistan's criminal prosecution code bans relatives of an accused person from testifying against them.

The provision was inserted into a new criminal prosecution code, much needed and years in the making, at the last minute.

In article 26 of the proposed change in the criminal prosecution code, those prohibited from testifying would include: husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and descendants of those relatives up to the second generation.

However, along with the demands to protect modest gains in women's rights since the fall of the Taliban, there is also some pressure for a fast resolution of the current standoff, because Afghanistan is in desperate need of a new criminal prosecution code.

Also last year, a provision was inserted into a new criminal-prosecution code that barred relatives of a defendant from testifying against him or her in court an alteration that would effectively leave female victims of domestic abuse without any chance of seeing their attackers prosecuted.

Under an obscure section of Germany's criminal code, prosecution for insults against organs or representatives of foreign states requires both a notification from the offended party and an authorisation from the government.

But given the rap world's elaborate language and codes, prosecution and defense lawyers have agreed that witnesses' testimony has often required translation if it is to make sense to the jurors.

A tape was played in which Contostavlos promised the 'producer' "white sweets" for a "lad's night out", which the prosecution said was their code name for cocaine.

The prosecution said P was code for money, Z was for a "zoom zoom" or moped and C was for "Creps" – their secret language for firearms, which were also referred to as types of trainers.

If the findings are upheld by higher authority, General Smith may be forced to retire and given only a reprimand, because, officials say, the incident does not merit prosecution under the military code of justice.

ADF personnel who kill Isis members not engaged in active hostilities are vulnerable to prosecution under the commonwealth criminal code.