Sentence examples for substantive offence from inspiring English sources
But there is no way law enforcement can look into something that has not hint of a substantive offence attached to it.
Conspiracy to "corrupt public morals" has no definitive case law; it is unknown whether or not it is a substantive offence, and Herring sees it as unlikely that conspirators will be prosecuted for this offence.
(Some aspects of the substantive offence-defining criminal law are not addressed to all citizens, but only to those engaged in particular activities: only drivers are addressed by most of the road traffic laws, for instance, and only those who deal in shares are directly addressed by the laws concerning insider trading).
That simple positivist view of law is no longer widely held, but we can see a vestige of it in the very widespread view that the substantive, offence-defining criminal law consists essentially in a set of 'prohibitions' (rules that 'forbid' certain kinds of conduct), which citizens are supposed to 'obey' which, indeed, they supposedly have an obligation to obey.
The Metropolitan Police investigated his comments, but concluded that "no substantive offences" were committed during the demonstration.
Over 1,800 activists were put under arrest for substantive offences and as a preventive measure since violence had erupted on the streets of Mumbai on 13 February, according to the Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police (Law and Order), K. L. Prasad.
It should not solely consider the main strands of the process and the serving of sentences, but should be extended to cover the substantive rules, the politics of defining offences and to the criteria for setting sentences.
Common law conspiracy, on the other hand, covers "conspiracy to defraud" and "conspiracy to corrupt public morals", although the latter has no substantive case law and is not seen as an offence that individuals are likely to be prosecuted for.
And he has initiated substantive changes legislation to wipe clean the records of people convicted for homosexual offences that were subsequently legalised, and to allow gay marriage.Deficit reduction is a doddle compared with persuading some in the party to suppress their instinctive horror.
