Sentence examples for punishable under section from inspiring English sources

Holocaust denial, for example, was made a crime in 1994 by an amendment to section 130 of the Penal Code, but before it was specifically outlawed, it was punishable under section 185.

(a) An attempt to export from the United States any defense articles in violation of the provisions of this subchapter constitutes an offense punishable under section 401 of title 22 of the United States Code.

"Assaults upon custodians of mail matter are punishable under section 197 of the Federal Penal Code ( 18 U.S.C. 320), which provides a penalty of 25 years' imprisonment if the custodian is wounded or his life is put in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon.

Any declaration or statement filed pursuant to this section shall contain an acknowledgment that any willful false statement made in such declaration or statement is punishable under section 1001 of title 18 by fine or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both.

The real frequency of attempted suicide is thought to be under-reported due to a poor reporting system and the social taboos and legal ramifications (attempted suicide is a punishable offence under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code) connected to suicide [ 12, 15].

The former president, Mohamed Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected head of state, was jailed for ordering the military to arrest a sitting senior judge, which the court said was an abduction punishable under a section of an antiterrorism law.

Congress certainly never intended in the same breath to make the same act punishable under two different sections in different ways at the option of the prosecuting attorney.

Mr. Goei's staging of the play has particular resonance in Singapore, where homosexuality is still a criminal activity, punishable with up to two years in prison under Section 377A of the penal code, a law dating back to British colonial days.

He is an illegal entrant and as such commits a criminal offence under section 24 of the Immigration Act 1971 punishable by six months in prison.

That in and of itself is worth mentioning, but perhaps more troubling is the police press release, which says that "modifying a console and computer is considered an illegal act under Section 342.1 of the Criminal Code and is punishable by imprisonment for up to ten years".

Under section 144, squatting in England and Wales is punishable by up to six months' jail and fines of up to £5,000.