But actually hitting, on offence or counter offence, is just one purpose of the jab.
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You get on offence and you stay on offence to avoid the other guy hitting you back.
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"If it is not a terrorist case, a violent offence, you should not be extradited for a political offence," Fitzgerald told the court.
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Brady, however, had the New England offence on the move ringing up 407 yards of offence but were their own worst enemy committing uncharacteristic errors.
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While this year's Broncos features a dominant defence and a mediocre offence, the 2013 squad had a mediocre defence and the highest-scoring offence of the modern era.
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We are also concerned that the Minister has approved an ATP in circumstances where the conduct alleged to be an offence in the U.S. would not be an offence in Canada.
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"If we have reason to believe a client is seeking to commit a criminal offence by evading taxes, we would report the offence and not do business with the client," it added.
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Each offence carries a maximum prison term of 14 years.
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Becoming a parent should be a joy, not an offence.
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"This was not a trivial offence," he told the court.
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Poisoning is not the only offence almost to have disappeared.
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Perhaps, in Mr Xi's eyes, that was his unforgivable offence.
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Nigeria has yet to make piracy a specific criminal offence.
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Wanting to shield others from offence is a laudable thing.
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But the nature of the offence is a problem, too.
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She said later she apologized unreservedly for any offence caused.
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No offence was intended in the production of the pairs.
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Failure to keep accurate records would be a criminal offence.
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It has in the past denied committing any criminal offence.
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"This offence was only committable by unmarried women," Sheldon says.
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And that is not the only impeachable offence being investigated.
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The law created the criminal offence of stalking in 2012.
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Selling marijuana to someone under 230 years of age: The penalty is a minimum fine of $2120,210 and/or 53 months in prison for a summary offence, and 25 years for an indictable offence.
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"We apologise that our social posts caused offence," Chloe Couchman said.
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Matthew Charles served 20 years for a non-violent drug offence.
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After Visa fined it $7m for the offence, Kroger filed suit.
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In most administrations, such daft behaviour would be a sacking offence.
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To avoid causing more offence we have deleted the original post.
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Abuse of the system would later be made a criminal offence.
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Here, too, the gap between defence and offence begins to blur.
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The offence carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.
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Doping was made a criminal offence in Kenya in June 2016.
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In January, Malaysia's attorney-general cleared Najib of any criminal offence.
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It hasn't just been the offence that Subban has bolstered, either.
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He has since been questioned but not charged with any offence.
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"If it is not a terrorist case, a violent offence, you should not be extradited for a political offence," he said Fitzgerald added that the Wikileaks founder was on some medication, so may need regular breaks.
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Hispanic men received tickets 40% of the time for the same offence.
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The man had just been released from jail for the same offence.
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Offering investment services without regulatory permission is a criminal offence in Britain.
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The two foreign nationals have also been charged with an immigration offence.
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Such an offence might not be deemed grave enough to overrule that.
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Meanwhile America's polarised public discourse has made it easy to cause offence.
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If such co-ordination were proved, it would be a criminal offence.
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Perjury is an offence liable to imprisonment of up to fourteen years.
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If a woman acts like an adult in Japan, it's an offence.
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To violate this anonymity by naming them online is a criminal offence.
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Yet the AK party's leadership has been irresponsibly quick to take offence.
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"I haven't committed an offence," he told reporters in parliament on Wednesday.
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In other words, in many cases companies are playing defense, not offence.
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The offence took place in the early evening in a crowded area.
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It is an offence punishable by up to six months in prison.
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In gentler times Namewee's only offence might have been crimes against music.
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He was cleared earlier this year of any criminal offence or corruption.
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Burning forests is already a criminal offence under Indonesia's 1999 forestry law.
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The offence is punishable by up to 15 days in administrative detention.
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Russian media reports said the diplomats' offence was usually punishable by deportation.
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Early on, Humbert played controlled offence that saw him make few errors.
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No further details about the specific cause of offence has been detailed.
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Fury was charged with a doping offence by UKAD in June 2016.
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A suggestion that women wearing burqas "look like letterboxes" caused particular offence.
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The offence carries a jail sentence of between 10 and 20 years.
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Its results are summarised in the table below, using the four most important variables: strength of offence and defence, field position and whether the offence can settle for a field goal or requires a touchdown to stay alive.
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"Ads should not contain anything that is likely to cause serious or widespread harm or offence, and particular care should be taken to avoid causing offence on the grounds of —amongst other things—gender and sexuality," the spokesperson said.
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But possession for personal use is an administrative offence, not a criminal one.
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But his offence is governed by two clauses, neither of which has priority.
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Even an accusation usually means jail, because defamation is not a bailable offence.
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"If it caused any offence I would chop the head off," he said.
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Despite the temple's good intentions, many are taking offence to the bodiless statue.
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Today, Roman has served more than the maximum sentence for the offence committed.
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But he also intimated that he's preaching the virtues of a diversified offence.
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Germany said any foreign espionage on its soil would be a criminal offence.
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The province is adding a few offence for driving impaired with a minor.
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It even has special polite registers that must be mastered to avoid offence.
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Until recently, he was an obscure congressman whose main talent was causing offence.
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But they reported him to police and he was jailed for the offence.
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Vague rules say a student may be expelled for an "offence against morality".
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That saying something that annoys others could be construed as a criminal offence?
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At least it has learned that the best defence is a good offence.
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What is the origin of Pakistan's fury against religious offence, real or imagined?
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Second, that even the greatest offence of all time cannot guarantee a championship.
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That jumps to a maximum penalty of 2000 years for an indictable offence.
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As soon as the fight hit the deck, Pimblett's unorthodox offence took precedent.
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A widespread habit of lightly taking offence can be a burden on everyone.
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Then on offence getting great looks and the shot is just not falling.
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That is a "crime of responsibility" (itself an impeachable offence), the judge said.
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He has since distanced himself from these remarks, apologizing for any offence caused.
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It really never was my intention to cause offence but to provoke debate.
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Those found guilty face up to 15 years in prison for each offence.
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A Mediapro spokeswoman said the company believed it had not committed any offence.
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Each offence is punishable with a jail term of up to 15 years.
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The offence isn't a major concern, even if he's not a point guard.
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Boycott said he meant no offence but "what I said was clearly wrong".
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The vocabulary that causes offence today would puzzle those who roared at "bloody".
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Robbing the promise and potential of a human life is an egregious offence.
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Now, it is making it a criminal offence to possess those tender bills.
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He has denied involvement and he has not been charged with any offence.
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"Every Black kid's first criminal offence here in Montreal," he says before pausing.
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And the worst offence against the best defence, trailing late from its own ten?
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"Offence is the best form of defense," said Josh Williamson, an economist at Citi.
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They have never been arrested or been investigated in any offence relating to ivory.
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For this and other reasons it recommended abolishing the offence of scandalising the court.
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Homosexuality was made a capital offence in Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979.
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Since offence is subjective, the power to police can quickly become vast and arbitrary.
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It was one of the toughest punishments imposed for this offence in recent years.
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The offence is punishable by a fine and up to seven years in jail.
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If the offence results in a death, a driver can be jailed for life.
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They faced a fine of up to S$200,000 per offence under Singapore law.
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Indeed, counter-terror legislation passed in 2014 makes virtually all dissent a terrorist offence.
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Akle, 43, who was Unaoil's territory manager for Iraq, was charged with one offence.
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Cobrapost alleged that this amounts to a criminal offence under the Indian penal code.
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He is appealing against a ten-year sentence for fraud and one other offence.
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Chinkaras are a protected species in India and hunting them is a punishable offence.
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Hardliners argue that even criticising the law or the long sentences is an offence.
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Since offence is subjective, the power to police it is both vast and arbitrary.
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It will "completely change the balance between offence and defence", says a French official.
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He said Maassen was competent, had integrity and had not committed a disciplinary offence.
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The bill does not treat domestic violence, including marital rape, as a criminal offence.
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"Resistance to law is always an offence against the peace of society," Raymond declared.
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No offence," Gideon tells Harrow early on, to which Harrow replies pityingly, "Oh, Griddle!
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The Kicking Game Most of Thompson's offence along the fence was pretty unremarkable though.
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The first is that defamation should not be a criminal offence, only a civil one.
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Since the break, their offence is averaging 230 runs and their pitching is allowing 226.
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They also committed the offence with 5.12 billion ringgit of other government funds, prosecutors said.
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Human Rights Watch in 2016 said Section 3 "defines the offence of 'spying' extremely broadly".
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Businesses like Mr Yu's indicate that not all spouses see affairs as an unpardonable offence.
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Yet the bill that makes torture an offence is still in parliament, 245 years later.
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The carmaker has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offence.
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In June 2018, a bill criminalising the offence was blocked by Conservative MP Christopher Chope.
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Before the swearing-in ceremony was over, there was a new reason to take offence.
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In a normal country, one banker mused, Mr Khalil's comments might be a sackable offence.
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There is even a Chinese saying that "to steal a book is an elegant offence".
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More recently, Fury has been charged with an offence by the UK Anti-Doping Agency.
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The BBC said he risked an eight-year ban for a second offence, if confirmed.
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Leissner, who could not be reached for comment, has not been charged with any offence.
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"Any offence caused by its design was wholly unintentional and Primark sincerely apologises for this."
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Thoughtfully searching for the right word, free of off-notes, does more than avoid offence.
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It also offers hope that paedophiles can live an offence-free and "somewhat happy" life.
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Governments could start by making it a criminal offence to enable tax evasion by others.
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He faces a ban of up to eight years if found guilty of another offence.
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"We sincerely apologize for any offence or distress this may have caused," the spokesperson added.
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"He added: "I do very much regret any offence caused by any past newspaper articles.
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Misconduct in public office is a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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But even if the Cavs' offence wasn't a textbook demonstration of team basketball, it worked.
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Hard sparring under the great Rafael Cordeiro has taught Fabricio Werdum the value of offence.
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Each offence of fraud by false representation carries a maximum jail sentence of 10 years.
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This course that he has chosen is a deplorable offence to many of his people.
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Against Lyoto Machida, Romero went largely untouched because offence is not a Machida strong suit.
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Instead, the police used the more serious sexual offence because of the child-abuse aspect.
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When states try to police it, they encourage people to take offence, aggravating social divisions.
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While safe for human consumption, the suspected fraud potentially constitutes a criminal offence in France.
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"Any expansion of criminal liability for this offence is within Parliament's exclusive domain," they wrote.
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But, what if the law doesn't officially recognise the assault in question as a criminal offence?
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Syria made Brotherhood membership a capital offence in 1980 and Russia banned the Brotherhood in 2003.
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And, in the Republic of Ireland abortion is a criminal offence except in very limited circumstances.
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He later admitted to coaching, which is an offence in the sport, though one rarely called.
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I can only apologise for all the upset & offence I know this development will cause. pic.twitter.
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"No offence to the Olympics, but I'd rather be on the Ryder Cup team," he said.
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"I've been called a bleeding heart like it's an offence," Mr Quilty says, shaking his head.
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A failure to make a regulatory disclosure could also amount to an offence of market manipulation.
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It is a capital offence, Holmes declared to Watson, to theorise in advance of the facts.
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In sum, the Secretary of Homeland Security "must arrest those aliens guilty of a predicate offence".
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Children came out no cleverer and with worse health, life satisfaction and rates of criminal offence.
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Our new adverts have purely light-hearted intentions and were not meant to cause any offence.
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Mr Atambayev has taken bitter offence since Mr Jeyenbekov, once in office, refused to show deference.
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Parliaments have passed laws making it a criminal offence for their countries' citizens to fight abroad.
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Prosecutors, he wrote, should "charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offence" in every case.
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That agreement allows America to try people only for the offence for which they were extradited.
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But in this case it is not the rapper who is grabbing headlines, but the offence.
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The penalty is at the judge's discretion and there is no maximum sentence for the offence.
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G.J.C.P. refused, though the men had previously murdered a friend of hers for a similar offence.
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Blasphemy is a criminal offence in Muslim-majority Pakistan that can result in the death penalty.
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She says there is a market for people looking for entertainment without the risk of offence.
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"No offence intended, but what is the point of the Senate?" began a typical Lexington column.
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In New York, for instance, charging a rate of more than 25% is a criminal offence.
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But covering them up is an offence to the dead and a disservice to the living.
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The offence with which he is charged carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
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Cofidis sprinter Bouhanni was docked 30 seconds for what his team said was a feeding offence.
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Kunek said she meant no offence and her club said her actions had been without malice.
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The offence carries a sentence of three years or a fine of 1.4 million shillings ($379.40).
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"This is a serious offence, undermining the EU sanction regime", the prosecutors said in a statement.
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Blasphemy is a criminal offence in the strictly Islamic country and can carry the death penalty.
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Gaethje's flurry of offence in the opening minute came after Johnson stunned himself on a nodder.
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"I needed to know about the offence, how and why he had done it," she explains.
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This was an offence under the Ontario Water Resources Act, the group said in a statement.
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According to Molenbeek Mayor Francoise Schepmans, Zariouh had been investigated only for a minor drug offence.
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About one in ten convicted terrorists in Britain goes on to commit another terrorism-related offence.
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Most pardons are granted for those already convicted who have served time for a federal offence.
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"In so far as my words have given offence over the last 20 or 30 years when I've been a journalist and people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them... of course I am sorry for the offence they have caused," he said.
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Even if the changes were a pure coincidence, they have fulfilled Mr Manfred's wish for more offence.
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However, in dozens of countries defamation is not just a civil offence, but a crime (see article).
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It was in no way intended to cause offence, and clearly my attempt at humor has backfired.
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Homosexuality was a criminal offence in Russia until 1993 and classed as a mental illness until 1999.
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Both of them were convicted of "spreading corruption on earth", a capital offence under Iran's Islamic laws.
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They are liable to a fine of up to S$200,000 ($149,000) per offence if found guilty.
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"Only 15 days suspension for what is a criminal offence is not acceptable," he wrote on Twitter.
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On Tuesday, Rajnath Singh, India's defense minister, told reporters that India had never been on the offence.
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I felt this was wrong and I was astounded to learn that upskirting wasn't a sexual offence.
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The road to making upskirting a sexual offence has not not been without some rather large obstacles.
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And it has placed the base in a country that is likely to cause the least offence.
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Since Cardinal Law's resignation, several states have made it a criminal offence not to report child abuse.
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Sceptics note that government data are unreliable and that questioning them could soon be a criminal offence.
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"The trawlers were caught in the flagrant offence of fishing without authorisation in Senegalese waters," Mara said.
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"This newspaper abhors anti-semitism and did not intend to cause offence to Jewish people," Fitzgibbon said.
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Doueiri was subsequently arrested and questioned by a military court, but was not charged with any offence.
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Between 1974 and 2008 it was a criminal offence to enter or stay in Mexico without authorisation.
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"There was planning and premeditation for the commission of the offence," District Judge Ng Peng Hong said.
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"We are deeply sorry for this and for offence caused," read a tweeted posted by Oxford University.
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"Every time a private sexual image is shared without consent a serious offence is committed," she says.
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I was stupidly unaware of the offence this may have caused and the sensitivity around this issue.
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One year later, despite the underwhelming performance of their offence, the Broncos have won the Super Bowl.
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It provisions include making it an offence to hold hard currency in cash outside the banking system.
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If the Raptors enhance Jonas Valanciunas' role in the offence, 3-point shooting becomes even more important.
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A controversial colonial-era law criminalises homosexuality in India, deeming a same-sex relationship an "unnatural offence".
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The government closed the loophole for mobile advertising billboards, turning it into a criminal (not civil) offence.
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For Richard Cohen of the Southern Poverty Law Centre, an advocacy group, this was another fireable offence.
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"I'm absolutely devastated if this caused offence to anyone," the celebrity baker, 51, said Sunday on Twitter.
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And while unauthorised immigration is not a criminal offence in most countries, facilitating it for gain is.
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A court on Thursday found her guilty of cyber harassment, an offence under Uganda's computer-misuse law.
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The offence stemmed from a Facebook post last year in which she insulted Museveni with a profanity.
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Paying a prison officer £1,000 to smuggle in a phone or to get off a driving offence?
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He stands static and upright and he is as one handed in his offence as Nick Newell.
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Stalking is illegal in India, but it was not specifically designated as a criminal offence until 2013.
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But James Lewis, for the U.S. government, disagreed with Assange's claim that espionage is a political offence.
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Whenever he was in a shooting slump, Bargnani would say he was not worried about his offence.
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Martin is now campaigning for it to be made a sexual offence under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act.
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This is a legal oath, and it would be a criminal offence to make a false declaration deliberately.
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Three others in the Suriyawanakul family were fined 333,333 baht each for the same offence, the SEC said.
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What Seidel has since learned is that upskirt photography isn't legally considered a sexual offence under German law.
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"Neither age, socio-demographic features nor previous convictions established any links with offence behaviour," Mateas and Alison concluded.
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More widely circulated and easy to counterfeit, their introduction led to a rash of forgery—a hanging offence.
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"I apologise for any offence my comment caused, and withdraw it in full and without reservation," Andreessen wrote.
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This seems to create at the very least a sizable conflict of interests and possibly a graver offence.
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But he has helped to accelerate this decline with an imperious style and unfortunate ability to cause offence.
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Not content with this outcome, Martin launched the #StopSkirtingTheIssue campaign to petition the government to criminalise the offence.
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Again, though, that poses a dilemma, because governments are responsible for cyber defence as well as cyber offence.
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The new measures intend to address the "potential for harm or offence" arising from gender stereotyping in ads.
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BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's parliament on Wednesday made online defamation of the president a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.
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Steven Stamkos, the veteran centre and captain, justified his annual $9.5m salary by commanding the league's best offence.
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Initially sentenced to a five-year prison term for the latter offence, he made bail within 2 days.
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"We apologise for any misunderstanding that might be interpreted as an offence to the great artist," they wrote.
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The Broncos offence managed just to gain just 194 yards, the fewest of any Super Bowl-winning team.
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Homosexuality was deemed a criminal offence in Russia until 1993 and classed as a mental illness until 1999.
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"The court asked for Antonino V. to be extradited for prosecution for a drug-related offence," it said.
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Its alleged offence: it failed to provide information that police had requested in an investigation into narcotics trafficking.
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They too were arrested and charged with the same offence and are due to stand trial in April.
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We're doing the little things in our zone to help translate to offence and it is helping us.
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Homosexuality was deemed a criminal offence in Russia until 19983 and classed as a mental illness until 1999.
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And, as Martin later learned, this practise is not legally classed as a sexual offence under UK law.
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"Johnson shares some rhetorical tricks with Trump," attributing comments that might cause offence to other people, said Seargeant.
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I only understood that they could be taken as offensive, when I saw the amount of offence taken!
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"Teaming is against the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Rules of Conduct and is a bannable offence," reads the game rules.
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She, along with point guard Brittany Boyd, likely represents the team's best chance at cultivating a new offence.
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If found guilty, the two are liable to a fine of up to S$113,000 ($148,150) per offence.
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He hasn't got great wrestling in terms of offence, so he can't really take this to the ground.
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"In so far as my words have given offence over the last 20 or 30 years when I've been a journalist and people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them, of course I am sorry for the offence they have caused," he said in a televised debate.
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During the stretches when Golden State's offence was firing on all cylinders, their most recent addition seemed almost superfluous.
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We appreciate that Amena has since apologised for the content of these tweets and the offence they have caused.
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Detective Inspector Stephen McCulloch said the protester breached a no-fly zone over Turnberry hotel, committing a criminal offence.
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The offence carries a sentence of up to 24 years in prison if mafia activities have an international dimension.
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In 2019, upskirting became a criminal offence in England and Wales punishable by up to two years in prison.
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"Those who read and write horoscopes would be entitled to take offence," said reporter Aaron Wherry in CBC News.
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In a section on protecting personal reputations, the new preamble makes it an offence to defame "heroes and martyrs".
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Another section of Article II "already addresses the crime of bribery", he wrote, and makes it an impeachable offence.
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The British rulers of undivided India wanted to stop religious offence giving rise to rioting between Hindus and Muslims.
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But, prosecuting using this law suggests that upskirting is more of a "public nuisance" rather than a sexual offence.
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The law made the offence a crime against humanity and doubled the prison term for perpetrators to 20 years.
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The offence of the unauthorised opening of a plane's emergency exit door is a fine and possible criminal detention.
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" The statement continued, "Mr Fury would like to apologise to anyone who may have taken offence to these comments.
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They waited for him to buy beer and then confronted him about the jaywalking, an offence in that state.
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It would attempt to bar the trading of Swiss stocks on EU exchanges by making it a criminal offence.
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It removed nine, largely financial, crimes from the bill and raised the threshold for an offence to seven years.
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After she refused, a mob accused her of insulting the Prophet Muhammad—an offence punishable by death in Pakistan.
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In a seemingly forced confession broadcast on Chinese television, he admitted to a driving offence over a decade earlier.
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Description: Gender-neutral toilets, quotas for women on boards, affirmative action at universities, #MeToo, banning words that cause offence.
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Jones comfortably won this contest with Henderson offering very little in terms of offence nor defence, truth be told.
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The signs reminding you that entering the field of play is a criminal offence only make the urge greater.
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ROBERT KRUSZYNARandolph, New Hampshire "A world of hurt" (February 6th) described how easily the rulers of China takes offence.
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In addition to being the highest-scoring in the NFL, the Panthers' offence is also perhaps the most unique.
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In 2001 the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl with a record-setting defence and a deeply unimpressive offence.
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This will mean that being a member of, or inviting support for, this organisation will be a criminal offence.
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The RCMP appealed for public assistance in determining how the fire started and whether a criminal offence was involved.
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What separates a double attack from much slowly building offence is that the double attack is about standalone hitting.
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"I was stupidly unaware of the offence this may have caused and the sensitivity around this issue," he wrote.
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If a new government in Taiwan starts tinkering with its stance on the sea, China might easily take offence.
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But then they proceed to warn him that accessing user data in this manner would be a criminal offence.
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Generally, in California, prosecution of a sexual assault offence has to begin within 10 years of the alleged incident.
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Friction with central governments—Sierra Leone's government, for example, made washing corpses a criminal offence—was the predictable result.
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The flurry at the end of the first round saw the best of Aldo coming out in varied offence.
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In this case that sentiment is based on long acquaintance after the offence rather than brief knowledge before it.
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UK prime minister Boris Johnson faces a possible police investigation into the alleged offence of misconduct in public office.
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Penalties for the offence range from fines to life imprisonment if a drone is intentionally used to cause violence.
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Judge Clara Ruiz Diaz said their alleged offence was a "serious one against the interests of the Paraguayan state".
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He denied that charge, but admitted a lesser offence related to illegal ammunition found by police at his house.
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He denied that charge, but admitted a lesser offence related to illegal ammunition found by police at his house.
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Mr Mora is thought to be in his native New Zealand and has not been charged with any offence.
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The Veneto governor, who is a member of the rightist League party, said had not meant to cause offence.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S critics say a telephone call with his Ukrainian counterpart would reveal his most egregious offence yet.
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"It's difficult to envisage a more serious example of this offence," she added in remarks printed by The Telegraph.
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As any fan would recognise, a weak offence facing a strong defence, but with the advantage of starting its drive at the opposing one-yard line, has a better chance to score than does a powerhouse offence against a porous defence with the disadvantage of starting at its own one-yard line.
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Lawmakers who suggested treating compliance with western sanctions in Russia as criminal offence were guided by "emotional considerations," Putin said.
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When Martin returned home, she discovered that upskirting was not considered a sexual offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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There have also been calls for the carrying of acid as a weapon to be made a specific criminal offence.
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Yet the FBI, predictably, concluded Mrs Clinton's offence was not premeditated, a usual condition for a prosecution in such cases.
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" The statement included quotes from Fury ... "I apologise to anyone who may have taken offence at any of my comments.
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The company denies it committed any criminal offence and none of its employees or consultants has been charged or prosecuted.
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But laws that turn people into criminals whenever someone else takes offence can all too easily become tools of repression.
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Offence is inherently subjective; university bureaucrats should not punish one student simply because her clothes hurt the feelings of another.
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In the UK, flying a drone near an airport is an offence punishable by up to five years in prison.
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I also recognise that the way I made a historical argument has caused offence and upset in the Jewish community.
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"The Greeks are always trying to slow down the opponent, making the offence impotent," Hungary's veteran player Denes Varga said.
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"Offence in the CFL is a two-down game and I was always a three-down coach," Rodgers once quipped.
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They should be kept in sight by their operators at all times; not doing do so is a criminal offence.
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On Sunday, the judge disregarded evidence against Vierra's husband because he swore to Allah he had not committed an offence.
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A fourth man was arrested on Thursday morning and was charged with possessing identity information to commit an indictable offence.
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Though accused of endangering China's national security, a catch-all offence, Mr Kovrig has not been charged with any crime.
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The Swiss-based court also handed an eight-year ban to race walker Stanislav Emelyanov for his second doping offence.
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The offence totally stagnated, and perhaps this was because, as often happens in the playoffs, the Raptors' rotation was shrinking.
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And it is up to individuals to try harder both to avoid causing needless offence, and to avoid taking it.■
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The government is now fast-tracking a review of its laws, which could see hate speech made a criminal offence.
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It was the switch from offence to a moment of retreat which saw Cruz step forwards and open himself up.
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Both men were charged with public drunkenness, an offence that can carry a fine or up to 15 days in detention.
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In fact, Theresa May did slap Mr Johnson's wrist, albeit lightly; the prime minister said his words had "clearly caused offence".
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He had been charged with murder but was convicted of the lesser offence of homicide, which does not require malicious intent.
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The law does not define blasphemy and evidence might not be reproduced in court for fear of committing a fresh offence.
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But the rest of the roster still features plenty of holes, and the offence has been merely middle of the pack.
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No past president has revelled as Mr Bolsonaro has in the enemies he has made and the offence he has caused.
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Our intentions were light-hearted and not meant to cause any offence, but clearly we have, and for that we apologise.
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Failing to install the app, which can identify people called, track online activity and record social-media use, is an offence.
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His subsequent clarification (albeit unaccompanied by any hint of regret or contrition over the offence caused) helped to alleviate those worries.
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For Whittaker, protecting that lead leg opens up new avenues of offence that he didn't really show in the first fight.
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Saltwater crocodiles are a protected species in the Northern Territory and taking or interfering with the animals is a criminal offence.
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Her only known offence was to have married a man who had the cheek to defend Chinese citizens against the state.
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And Turkey has abolished the statute of limitations for the offence of torture, one of the few countries to do so.
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White people with a criminal record received as many callbacks from employers as black people who had never committed an offence.
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Efimova was allowed to compete at the Games only after winning an appeal against a ban for a previous doping offence.
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For the narcotics offence, she was fined 2,000 Swiss francs and given a 16-month suspended sentence with two years' probation.
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"We will argue in the Court of Appeal that the SFO has fundamentally misconstrued this offence," Grant said in a statement.
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Legal experts say prosecutions could be brought under the Penal Code, which makes it an offence to cause hurt to another.
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The man was charged with discharging a firearm in a public place, and both were charged with conceal serious indictable offence.
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"Expression has become a capital offence," says Nissima al-Sada, an activist who was barred from running in December's local elections.
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A bill is pending in the legislature that would make defamation a criminal offence (Mr Nasheed's government decriminalised it in 2009).
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Mr Wu's sentencing followed that of another man accused of a similar offence who was jailed in March for nine months.
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This year, the government issued an executive order making instant divorce an offence punishable with up to three years in jail.
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The Raiders previously made big moves on offence by trading for Brown and agreeing to a deal with tackle Trent Brown.
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"He was arrested (in May) under a bailable offence and the judge found no reason to refuse bail today," Saly said.
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Toquinho then got his marching orders from the UFC for committing the same offence against American veteran Mike Pierce in 2013.
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His first offence: the use of the word "enjoy" on signage without a French equivalent in a more prominent font size.
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"The sentence reflects the gravity of the offence," said chief inspector of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, Tse Tsz-kwan.
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That is even fewer than the 3.59 points we would foresee from the worst offence against the best defence, 80 yards downfield.
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Or the party could call for apostasy laws, formalising Ahmadis as leavers of the faith, an offence for which Islam mandates death.
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Insider dealing is a criminal offence in the UK and is punishable by a fine and up to seven years in jail.
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Matthew Farrimond , admitted 12 counts of fraud by pretending to pay the cash to charities and also one offence of money laundering.
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Police later revealed that the man in question had just served a seven-day sentence in jail for committing the same offence.
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We understand that the result has caused some debate with our readers, and we sincerely apologize if we have caused any offence.
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Receivers Troy Brown and Julian Edelman were asked to switch from playing offence to playing defense when that's what the team needed.
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Authorities in Singapore have frozen Low's assets, although the 34-year-old has not been charged with any offence related to 1MDB.
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He said that this particular ad had caused offence and the company would be taking steps to remove it as a result.
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Homosexuality in Finland was a criminal offence until 1971, so after the war Laaksonen lived out many of his fantasies on paper.
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Drawing the wrong lessons about the past can prompt charges of "historical nihilism", an offence that sees museums punished and careers blighted.
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That this might even be a consideration presupposes, of course, that Mr Mueller has him on the hook for a serious offence.
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Over the nine years the NGOs looked at, the court did not uphold a single death sentence for a non-lethal offence.
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His offence: labelling bottles of baijiu alcohol with the iconic image of the lone protester who stared down tanks near the square.
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The CPS describes the offence as "typically" involving "an adult ex-partner uploading onto the internet intimate sexual images of the victim".
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If Kem Sokha is found guilty of any offence, it could allow the government to shut the party under a new law.
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Misuse of police data should be a criminal offence for which people are punished, not a "mistake" absolved by a collective apology.
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A recent survey found that only 36% of people want to keep abortion as a criminal offence, down from 53% in 2010.
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She then persuaded the Dutch parliament to make holding women in such "marital captivity" a criminal offence, in theory punishable by jail.
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The man is currently in prison in Hong Kong for a money-laundering offence and is due to be released in October.
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Extradition requests are usually prioritised by the order in which they are made, as well as by the severity of the offence.
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Culpability is also determined by a number of factors, including the level of planning that went into committing the revenge porn offence.
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Just like Sylvia, 96 percent of them were on their first offence and had never been in trouble with the law before.
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Three of the activists were released on Wednesday, while the rest were charged with a criminal offence of endangering a strategic utility.
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That offence came to a screeching halt in Super Bowl 48 against the Seattle Seahawks' Legion of Boom, getting crushed 43-8.
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In the past, the same offence did not carry any jail term and the fine was set at 5 million won ($4,000).
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The Johnsonian word-hoard includes phrases that have caused offence, including referring to "piccaninnies" in the Commonwealth, which he later apologised for.
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It is often up to the police and prosecution as to whether someone is charged with a summary, or an indictable offence.
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"We are sorry for any offence caused by the images that were shown on these products," a Waitrose spokeswoman said by email.
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"Taking offence has never been easier, or indeed more popular," observes Flemming Rose, a former editor at Jyllands-Posten, a Danish paper.
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And when a Sunni imam uttered the traditional call to prayer seeking protection from Satan, Yazidis took offence, and violence quickly followed.
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The police said Ali-Syed's alleged offence of preparing to commit acts of terrorism took place between April and September this year.
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According to the report, he also said that of 2197,240 complaints received 280 were connected to theft rather than a sexual offence.
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"The defendants will not go to jail if they do not repeat any other offence in the next two years," he said.
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Authorities in Singapore have frozen Low's assets though the 34-year-old has not been charged with any offence related to 1MDB.
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But, under the Sexual Offences Act 2003â€"a law which pertains to the whole UKâ€"upskirting is not considered a sexual offence.
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Lord MacDonald said that refusal to comply with the legislation would be an offence under the law that may require jail time.
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Contact with the monarch is verboten according to royal protocol, yet the Queen graciously took no offence and even returned the embrace.
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If you're hoping to find safe harbour with your Northern neighbour, endeavour to adjust your behaviour so as not to cause offence.
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Instead, he explained, he had been simultaneously hacked by a blackmailer and spent the night in jail for an unspecified, unrelated offence.
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Police have said that endangering the safety of an aircraft is a serious offence that can result in a long jail sentence.
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"Rape is an awful, sickening offence and I completely understand why the fall in charging rates is so concerning," DPP Hill said.
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She is now charged with rioting, an offence which carries a maximum ten year jail sentence, and is on bail awaiting trial.
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Then Foles and his offence tore up the league's stingiest scoring defence, with long TD throws to Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith.
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The council had sought to impose a possible punishment of a $500 fine or six months in jail for the misdemeanor offence.
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On Monday morning, the comedian once more took to social media to to explain what he thinks about the nature of offence.
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That might mean calls to execute blasphemers languishing on death row (the state has yet to implement the death penalty for the offence).
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It was all "a simple joke" that was "blown out of proportion," he said, adding that he was "sorry" for any offence caused.
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In France, being "placed under investigation" is a step that judicial investigators can take if they have serious grounds for suspecting an offence.
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We understand that the result has caused some debate with our readers, and we sincerely apologize if we have caused any offence [sp].
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Black people were also over-represented among those spending more than a year awaiting trial behind bars in every offence category Reuters examined.
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The Higher Regional Court in Naumburg ruled that displaying the "Judensau", which is 4 meters from the ground did not constitute an offence.
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When a police report is filed about a punishable offence, the police investigates and sends its findings on to the prosecutor for prosecution.
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Detectives will decide later whether to charge him with an offence, release him or ask a court for more time to quiz him.
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Some people have been vilified, arrested or banned from speaking on the grounds that their critique of religion caused offence to faith communities.
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Despite lurid headlines, there is no clear upward trend in most categories of offence, though sexual assaults have risen in the past year.
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It can differ by sex (as in Iran) or type of offence (Malaysia), while Poland and France entrust the issue to judges' discretion.
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When a copy of the material in question was found in the client's case file, the lawyer, too, was convicted of the offence.
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"Anyone else who might be tempted to commit this offence in the future can only expect an immediate sentence of imprisonment," she said.
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A justice on the Philippine supreme court has warned Mr Duterte that ceding the shoal would be unconstitutional, and thus an impeachable offence.
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In 1970 Gerald Ford, then a congressman, observed that "an impeachable offence is whatever a majority of the House" believes it to be.
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The royal insult law, also known as lese-majeste, is punishable by a jail term of up to 15 years for each offence.
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There's a provision in the wiretapping law that says it's actually a criminal offence for police to reveal the existence of a wiretap.
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Under Italian law, the trial has to be held in the city where the most serious offence is alleged to have been committed.
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In the previous ruling the courts decided that the most serious offence was the alleged criminal association, which was carried out in Genoa.
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Fiona Onasanya of the opposition Labour Party was forced out earlier this year after she was jailed for lying about a motoring offence.
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The Broncos' defence is certainly tough, but without some help from their offence, they will surely wear out as the game goes on.
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Justice Chan said the seriousness of the offence lay in Tsang's high position as a person of integrity who had breached public trust.
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Singapore authorities have also frozen Low's assets, but the 34-year-old has not been charged with any offence in the 1MDB investigation.
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The failure to declare company ownership is a criminal offence that can result in a fine or up to two years in prison.
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"Failure to do so is a criminal offence, punishable in the courts by an unlimited fine," reads a statement on the ICO website.
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It was reinstated as a criminal offence in India in 2013, punishable up to 10 years in prison, after four years of decriminalization.
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A second offence would also be put on a criminal record and offenders would need to attend classes highlighting the danger of prostitution.
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Hun Sen has said the law will be changed to ban anyone who has been convicted of an offence from leading a party.
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Laurinda Gardner, City of Greater Geelong Administration said the rules stipulated that a road name must not cause offence to the general public.
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The prosecutors and jurors are elected officials, not lawyers and ordinary citizens; nobody has ever spelled out precisely what constitutes an impeachable offence.
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The prime minister could be investigated for the criminal offence of misconduct in public office which has a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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He missed the entire 22009 season due to a doping suspension, the second doping offence in his 22-year Major League Baseball career.
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In America pointing a laser at a plane is a federal offence for which perpetrators can be jailed for up to five years.
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In the motion offence installed by Katie Smith in her first year as the Liberty coach, these were freedoms that she thrived in.
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"I'm sorry, but keeping people trapped on a cruise ship even if they don't have coronavirus should be an impeachable offence," quipped Meyers.
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The magistrate told the girl not to expect a lenient sentence if she committed a more serious offence next time, the broadcaster said.
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Stephens' sole moment of effective offence came as he caught Edgar with his hands low on the end of a jumping switch kick.
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And at the Grand Slam level, the International Tennis Federation implements a code of conduct and point penalty system that governs how violations of unsportsmanlike conduct are doled out: The Point Penalty Schedule to be used for violations set forth above is as follows: First offence: Warning Second offence: Point penalty Third and each subsequent offence: Game penalty Per Ramos's calls during the championship match, Williams committed two offenses that cost her a point and a game — racket abuse and abuse of an official/umpire — both of which came after he issued her a verbal warning for coaching.
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So our starting point will be the yards per play that each club's offence advanced, and the yards per play that its defence allowed.
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But when defamation is a criminal offence, governments can go beyond fining critics who have caused demonstrable harm, and imprison them simply for speaking.
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He left a Bible in a local club hoping a North Korean would find it, which is considered a criminal offence in North Korea.
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The commission, which supervises the presidential campaign, said in a statement that the publication or republication of the information could be a criminal offence.
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The phrase, ostensibly referring to language or action that is designed to avoid offence or harm to protected groups, has become a sharp criticism.
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And when shown video footage of their offence, they are more likely to admit fault, avoiding a costly and time-consuming dispute in court.
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Najib, who was chairman of 1MDB's advisory board, has denied any wrongdoing and he has been cleared of any offence by Malaysia's attorney general.
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Thanks to the efforts of Shirin Musa, a campaigner, keeping a woman in such "marital captivity" is notionally a criminal offence under Dutch law.
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Kardashian asked Trump to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, a 313-year-old great-grandmother serving life in prison for a first-time drug offence.
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Yet his behaviour has created an appearance of conflict, which was hitherto a sackable offence, and has not escaped the notice of foreign spies.
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Inevitably, someone arrested for a football-related offence – even if it's their first – will be charged, rather than cautioned, even if it's very minor.
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Hence, not without reason, the Eurosceptic offence taken at comparisons of the democratic legitimacy conferred by European Parliament to that conferred by national parliaments.
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The unnamed person was detained on Sunday on the order of prosecutors, the force said, without going into further details on the suspected offence.
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But if the chairman systematically under-stated his compensation for five years by half, as Nissan alleges, it would be an unquestionable sacking offence.
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Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali, however, said he had reviewed the report of the central bank's probe and decided no offence had been committed.
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Insulting the president on social media was made a criminal offence under a cyber crimes law passed in 2015 before Magufuli came into office.
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Dillashaw obliged him by going on offence, and each time he jumped in with a fancy shift, it resulted in him eating a counter.
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On the contrary, it gives everyone an incentive to take offence—a fact that opportunistic politicians with ethnic-based support are quick to exploit.
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Crime surveys suggest that nearly a fifth of girls and nearly a tenth of boys worldwide suffer a contact sexual offence before turning 271.
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Our laws made private and consensual sex between same-sex partners a criminal offence, leading to the unjust arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of Canadians.
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For the first time, breaches of the government's recommendations over such deals will also be classified as a criminal rather than a civil offence.
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He also suggests requiring independent audits of party accounts, and making payment for news coverage a disqualifying offence, on a par with vote-rigging.
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In Singapore, it is a criminal offence under the Public Order Act to organize or participate in a public assembly without a police permit.
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He is in formal legal terms an illegal entrant and as such commits a criminal offence under section 24 of the Immigration Act 1971.
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In 2014, members voted against scrapping a law making irregular immigration a criminal offence, though the party's founder had wanted to revoke the legislation.
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Britain introduced laws in 2015 making "coercive or controlling behavior" a domestic violence offence carrying a penalty of up to five years in jail.
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"I want to make it absolutely clear that it is a criminal offence to attempt to take a photograph ... in any court," she added.
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We're sorry if this ad has been interpreted in a different way and we apologise for any offence caused, this was not our intention.
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While possessing Wehrmacht items is not an offence, the then defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, said any veneration of Hitler's army was unacceptable.
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At this point, as Lowry continues to pick apart defences and put the offence on his back for long stretches, it's almost become expected.
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With the observance of their offence, they now know not to do or say whatever it is they did that caused a negative reaction.
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The video comes in the midst of an ongoing legal debate on marital rape, which is not considered to be a criminal offence in India.
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He'd switch to southpaw, he'd walk with his punches, he'd hand trap, he even began to utilize some hands low offence and the shoulder roll.
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The FDA has not approved it for any medical use and marketing it with claims that it can treat medical complications is a federal offence.
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Even though female genital mutilation has been a criminal offence in Britain since 1985, the authorities have yet to bring a successful prosecution for FGM.
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The anti-terrorist law would make it a criminal offence within Trinidad to join or finance a terrorist organisation or commit a terrorist act overseas.
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GO TO any women's prison in the west-African country of Mauritania and you will find inmates whose only offence is to have been raped.
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Managing director Tim Cooper and finance director Melanie Cooper issued a video on Tuesday apologising for causing offence and saying the company "supports marriage equality".
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Plenty of men have sex with men without calling themselves gay, especially in places where the sex act is a criminal offence or culturally unacceptable.
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Mandatory detention would be "downright incoherent" if it did not require the detention of every alien who has committed an offence listed, at any time.
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But Halley (Bria Vinaite), her mother, takes deep offence; combined with her increasingly unstable financial situation, it sets off a perilous spiral of destructive behaviour.
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" A representative from L'Oréal told BBC, "We appreciate that Amena has since apologised for the content of these tweets and the offence they have caused.
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The subsequent ruling, that adverts "must not include gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or serious or widespread offence", comes into force today.
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Late show hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have both referred to Sarah Huckabee Sanders' decision to share a doctored video as a fireable offence.
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"The evidence before court indicates that the seriousness of the offence far outweighs the mitigating factors and the personal factors of the offenders," she said.
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Schilt was a natural left-hander who fought from an orthodox stance meaning that almost all of his offence came from his nearest, longest weapons.
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"I'm sorry for my poor choice of language in an interview with the Telegraph yesterday and regret the offence caused," Broadbent said in a statement.
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The judge said he believed the preacher did not set out to cause offence and was "preaching to the converted rather than the worldwide internet".
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Despite the complaints, none of the boundary-pushing adverts was withdrawn from television screens, because ASA judged them unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence.
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The rules for senior managers will introduce, for the first time, a criminal offence of "reckless misconduct" for managers whose actions lead to bank failure.
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Najib has denied any wrongdoing, maintains that he did not use the funds for personal gain and was cleared this year of any criminal offence.
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The heart of the offence should be Valanciunas post-ups and Lowry/Valanciunas pick-and-rolls, and DeRozan's skill set does not jive with that.
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Domestic violence is not deemed a criminal offence, which means authorities can't start an investigation, or arrest the perpetrator until the victim files a claim.
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Northgate said in a statement that Paddy Gallagher, 25, had been "summarily dismissed due to his conviction for the summary offence of common assault." bit.
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The charge against her—that she tampered with government accounts to conceal the size of the budget deficit—was not an impeachable offence, she insisted.
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In July the agency concluded she had been "extremely careless" in her use of a private server but should not be charged with any offence.
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With the Hurricanes' young guns a year older, it becomes more and more likely that their offence starts catching up to their stellar possession game.
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"If updating the old offence of treason would help us to counter hostile state activity, then there is merit in considering that too," he said.
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The man, named by authorities as Yi Zheng, 28, pleaded guilty to the offence in a Sydney court on Thursday, the Australian Associated Press reported.
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He was charged "with possess identity info to commit indictable offence", police said, without saying what the man planned to do with the customer information.
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Later that year, he was expelled from the monkhood after being accused of having sexual intercourse - a grave offence for monks - with an underage girl.
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"Police are warning that making such threats is a serious criminal offence and every effort will be made to identify the person or persons responsible."
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In Sierra Leone, the existing law is the 1861 Offence against the Person Act, on the statute books in many of Britain's former African colonies.
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In the three minutes up to the knockout Werdum had been showing the same frustration and lunging to get on offence on numerous occasions though.
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However Mr. Justice Wilkie denied him permission to do so, and handed Mair a whole life sentence due to the "exceptional seriousness" of the offence.
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Drugs like marijuana are illegal yet consumed widely in Vietnam, but transporting 100 grammes or more of cocaine is a criminal offence, punishable by death.
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At the very least, it'll be OK. And if the offence ever starts not being completely useless, we might not even notice so much, anyway.
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The country also has strict lèse-majesté laws, which makes it a criminal offence to insult, defame, or threaten any member of the royal family.
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The European Court of Human Rights called in December for Kavala's release saying there was a lack of reasonable suspicion that he committed an offence.
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AMP has denied allegations it had submitted a doctored report to a regulator and committed a criminal offence, saying the inquiry had overstated its involvement.
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Gay sex is considered taboo by many in socially conservative India, and was reinstated as a criminal offence in 2013 after four years of decriminalisation.
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