punishable offence

I cannot understand how it could be a punishable offence.

In fact, to do so publicly was a punishable offence.

Until 1954, it was a punishable offence to provide religious instruction.

Indeed, any public reference to the subject was a punishable offence.

It is a punishable offence to drink alcohol or be drunk in public.

Failure to produce the ball to another club member on request was a punishable offence.

Possessing a firearm without a license is a punishable offence.

In any case, why is it a punishable offence for someone to speak in their mother tongue?

Using their old name is a punishable offence.

By this change, sexual intercourse between men became again a punishable offence in Bavaria as well.

It is a punishable offence if the custodian parent does not present the child for a visit.

Failure to carry a breathalyzer becomes a punishable offence from 1 November 2012.

Within the European Union, female circumcision must be made a punishable offence.

Attempted murder was a punishable offence after all.

He looked down at his feet, fearing that looking at her naked body would be a punishable offence.

Failure to shoot was itself a punishable offence, resulting in severe consequences for a soldier and his family.

I did not alter Article 1 of the directive, which aims to lay down minimum standards for punishable offences.

Respirators were a nuisance; it was a punishable offence for any member of the armed forces to be caught without one.

Any lying by the debtor during the examination constitutes perjury, which is a serious and punishable offence.

The Child Law also makes it a punishable offence to use children in the creation of pornographic materials.

It made it a "punishable offence" to damage submarine communications cables.

Libel is a punishable offence, though it is unevenly enforced.

Failure to comply is a punishable offence.

Secondly, we passed punishable offences to the courts in a one-off show of strength during the last parliamentary term.

Next stop was finishing school in Switzerland, where speaking English was a punishable offence.