"offence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For these purposes, section 34(1) applies section 5(1) to the section 15 offence, so:
- This case held that there no section 15 offence was committed when the defendant caused transfers between the victim's and his own bank account by deception.
- Whilst a section 44 offence can be committed in relation to other inchoate offences (including itself), sections 45 and 46 cannot.
- A section 6(7) offence has a maximum punishment of 6 months imprisonment or level 5 on the standard scale.
- This overlaps with the section 15 offence of obtaining property or services by deception.
- That offence, unlike the section 139 offence, requires proof of intent to cause injury on the part of the knife carrier, and tough penalties are rightly available to the courts.
- It therefore recommends that the maximum penalty for a section 2 offence should be raised from two to five years.
- This case has been criticised because it apparently eliminates the need for the section 15 offence.
- But the principal difference between the two is that the section 5 offence is not designed to prevent violence; its aim is to prevent harassment, alarm or distress.
- Section 46 provides that the forms and ceremonies used in taking an oath are immaterial for the purpose of the section 44 offence, and provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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