Government support of penal legislation against Catholics also helped placate the claims of the 'sole right' advocates.

During the reign of Elizabeth I religious education for Catholics was subject to penal legislation in England.

The practical reform of penal legislation in Bavaria was begun under his influence in 1806 by the abolition of torture.

I need only mention harmonisation of penal legislation, production of evidence, penalties and the rules governing legal processes.

In principle, penal legislation, just like the rules of criminal procedure, falls within the strict competence of the Member States.

Farmers are not good enough, and nor are employees' and employers' collective agreements, penal legislation, national judges or the voters.

Thus, we do not endorse the approximation of penal legislation in Member States.

His policy was to leave the Roman Catholics in Ireland subjected to penal legislation.

During the first half of the 1970s the power over penal legislation was devolved from the Federal Republic to the eight states and provinces.

When at length the pressure of penal legislation was removed Catholicism revived rapidly.