Sentence examples for punishable if from inspiring English sources

The courts have ruled that slander is punishable if it can be proven at trial.

But it said the gesture was only punishable if it was being used to spread, advertise or propagate racist ideology with the intention of influencing others.

He was also adept at "interceptions," i.e., sneaking an extra toke when it wasn't his turn — a risky stratagem, punishable, if noticed, by being skipped over on the next pass-around.

At present non-consensual sex is only considered punishable if one of the following criteria is fulfilled: the accused must have used violence or threatened to do so or taken advantage of the defenceless position of his victim.

Although euthanasia remains homicide in the eyes of Belgian law, it is not prosecuted or punishable if a doctor meets certain legal exceptions Other jurisdictions where it is permitted include Luxembourg, Switzerland and the states of Oregon, Washington and Montana in the United States.

Whoever is guilty of an act or omission which violates a requirement prescribed under subsection (a)(1) or (2), which act or omission would be punishable if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State in which the installation or facility is located, by the laws thereof in effect at the time of that act or omission, is guilty of a like offense and is subject to a like punishment.

Anwar's acquittal followed a trial whose lurid details grabbed headlines in the mainly Muslim country of 28 million, where sex between males is punishable even if consensual.

Deceit by an attorney may be punished as a contempt if the deceit is an abuse of the functions of his office (Bowles v. United States (C.C.A). 50 F.(2d) 851, 851; United States v. Ford (D.C). 9 F. (2d) 990), and that apart from its punishable quality if it had been the act of some one else.

This statute by no means provides that a person who has entered into a written contract for the performance of services, under which he has obtained money or other personal property, is punishable as if he had stolen such money or other personal property, upon his refusal to perform the contract, without refunding the money or paying for the property.

Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is considered apostasy, punishable by death if the accused does not recant.

In 1964, federal kidnapping was an offense punishable by death if the victim was harmed, and as such had no statute of limitations.