Example sentences of "[no cls] of the criminal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The criminal courts do possess a discretionary power to make compensation orders where a supplier is prosecuted to conviction in the case of personal injury loss or damage ( s35 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 as amended by s67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 ) . |
| 2 | As a result of all this , and in an attempt to lay down clear guidelines for Crown Court rulings in future cases the Attorney-General , under s.36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 , referred the decision to the Court of Appeal and ultimately to the House of Lords . |
| 3 | The ruling as to the objective test is not affected by s.8 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , which relates to proof : Newbury . |
| 4 | If a person is rightly charged with larceny , but the jury in reliance on section 44(3) mistakenly convict him of obtaining by false pretences , the Court of Criminal Appeal can not substitute a verdict of guilty of larceny under section 5(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 ; for the verdict implies an acquittal of larceny , so that it can not ‘ [ appear ] to the Court of Criminal Appeal that the jury must have been satisfied of facts which proved him guilty of [ larceny ] ’ ( Rex v. Fisher ( 1921 ) 16 Cr.App.R. 53 ) . |
| 5 | It may be that s104(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , which requires the criminal court to give reasons if refusing compensation , will ensure that the power be exercised on a regular basis . |
| 6 | The problem is that there is a special policy of using custody sparingly for young offenders ( e.g. s.1(4A) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 ) , and some of their offences are not particularly serious . |
| 7 | Held , ( 1 ) granting the application , that ( per Taylor and Farquharson L.JJ. ) , since the defendants stood to lose their liberty if the judge 's order were upheld , the court should act by analogy with the practice of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) which , by section 23(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 , permitted the adduction of fresh evidence where justice required it ; that ( per Sir Donald Nicholls V.-C. ) under R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(2) the court retained sufficient flexibility to enable it to admit fresh evidence where justice so required ; and that , accordingly , the evidence would be admitted notwithstanding that the usual conditions for admissibility admitted might not have been satisfied ( post , pp. 223C–E , 226F–G , 227C–D ) . |
| 8 | The charge should be one of assault ( or battery ) contrary to s.39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 . |
| 9 | At the resumed hearing a nolle prosequi was entered pursuant to section 4(1) of the Criminal Justice ( Administration ) Act The defendant was tried on a second indictment charging him with murder , convicted and sentenced to death . |
| 10 | The crime in s.9 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of vehicle interference ( see Chapter 12 ) partly covers this gap , though that crime is restricted to motor vehicles . |
| 11 | The UK Government accepted the ruling , and negotiated a " friendly settlement " with the complainants , which took the form of drafting a new law ( now s159 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ) which gives the media a special right to appeal to the Court of Appeal against gag orders or decisions to exclude the press and public from any part of a trial ( see further p264 ) . |
| 12 | These rights are contained in s159 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the rules made thereunder , and are set out in detail in Chapter 7 " Reporting the Courts " . |
| 13 | In due course , he was convicted , under Section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 , of attempting to obtain services , that is credit facilities for hire-purchase purposes , by deception . |
| 14 | They were subsequently charged , inter alia , with offences under section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and section 15(1) of the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 15 | However , as was made clear by the Divisional Court , the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 16 | They are not the statutory consultations required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , but are added to that consultation at an earlier stage . |
| 17 | I agree with his conclusion that , although the power to release a life prisoner on licence is conferred by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 on the Secretary of State , the decisions leading to that release , including the decision as to the period to be served by the prisoner for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , may properly and lawfully be made by a junior minister in the Home Department . |
| 18 | ‘ In respect of all the applicants , a declaration that in carrying out his announced policy under and in relation to section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 in respect of persons serving sentences of life imprisonment imposed in the discretion of the trial judge , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , in determining for how long such a person ought to be detained for punitive purposes should fix the date of the first review by the local review committee and the Parole Board strictly in accordance with a period of detention ( that is to say , the notional determinate sentence less one-third remission ) recommended by the judiciary as necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 19 | Mr. Pannick , for the Secretary of State , reminds us that a prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment has no right to be released on licence ; he has at best a hope that the Secretary of State will release him in the exercise of his discretion under section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 . |
| 20 | That section was repealed and replaced by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , which applied to all life prisoners and not merely those convicted of murder . |
| 21 | Section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 makes it clear that the decision as to release on licence is for the Home Secretary , although he is obliged to consult the judiciary . |
| 22 | Section 61(1) of the Criminal Justices Act 1967 confers power to release a life prisoner on the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | ‘ the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 24 | However , the major question raised by section I(2) of the Criminal Damage Act is why English law does not have a general offence of endangerment . |
| 25 | Pursuant to section 2(11) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 ( ‘ the Act ’ ) I have been authorised by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office to exercise on her behalf all the powers conferred by section 2 of the Act for the purpose of investigating the affairs of the persons under investigation . |
| 26 | Application for certificate under section 33(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 adjourned with liberty to apply . |
| 27 | The documents were handed over on the grounds that this could be compelled under section 2(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 28 | The defendants as well as the Serious Fraud Office wanted to see more of the documents , but the liquidators objected on the ground that the transcripts were not material evidence within the definition of section 2(2) of the Criminal Procedure ( Attendance of Witnesses ) Act 1965 . |
| 29 | Under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 it is an offence — punishable with life imprisonment — to damage property ‘ intending by the destruction or damage to endanger the life of another or being reckless whether the life of another would be thereby endangered ’ . |
| 30 | For example , in addition to the road-traffic offences , there are offences under sections 32 and 33 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 of endangering railway passengers ; there are the offences under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 of endangering the lives of others by causing damage to property ( usually by fire ) ; the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 penalizes employers for failure to ensure that employees are not exposed to risks to their health or safety ; and there are offences , such as that under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , of selling goods in contravention of safety regulations . |