Sentence examples for which it criminalises from inspiring English sources

"Given that it is Celtic fans who are filling up prison cells and court rooms because of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, and the manner in which it criminalises legitimate expression of political opinion, this display could not have been more relevant in the current context," the statement added.

Federal law in the United States criminalises cannabis under all circumstances, and last year prosecutors began a crackdown on the industry in some (but not all) of the states in which it has been decriminalised, including California.

They say that the law already protects people from forced marriage because it criminalises its components – such as kidnapping, assault and false imprisonment.

When the supreme court reversed a Delhi high court judgment that legalised consensual gay sex, it reinstated Section 377 of the penal code – a provision introduced by the British colonial government in 1861 which criminalises what it calls "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and effectively bans same-sex relationships.

At the very best it contains and suppresses it, at worst it criminalises poverty and brutalises its victims.

Second, it criminalises acts that need not be criminalised.

It criminalises everything".

It criminalises opposition and uses brutal force to quell it.

It criminalises the publication without prior authorisation of classified material.

It criminalises sex workers, making it hard for them to exit prostitution.

It criminalises "those providing the web with content that harms public order or moral values".