indictable offence in a sentence
Examples
- The latter grants power to enter premises, amongst other things, to arrest a person for an indictable offence or for certain other specified offences.
- The Act was one of the three "'Jervis Acts "', the other two being the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848 and Indictable Offences Act 1848.
- This section states that larceny ( i . e . stealing ) is an indictable offence and that the punishment is imprisonment for five years.
- Section 36 defines a new indictable offence of " Publication or utterance of blasphemous matter ", which carries a maximum fine of ?25, 000.
- Bill C-49 creates three new additional indictable offences specifically to address human trafficking and which can be used by law enforcement to address this crime.
- Because indictable offences are normally more severe, the Secretary or the prosecutors are normally not ready for a formal committal proceeding in the first hearing.
- The General Division deals with all other matters, including civil trials, probate law, indictable offences and applications for the review of decisions from certain administrative tribunals.
- The " Indictable Offences Act 1848 " is important in that it is the first codification of the police caution in England and Wales, in the words:
- On his release in 1981 he was convicted of conspiracy to rob security guards of ?0'000 and possessing an automatic pistol with intent to commit an indictable offence.
- The act of 1899 added the obtaining of property by false pretences to the list of indictable offences that could " sub modo " be summarily dealt with.