Example sentences of "penalty [prep] ten " in BNC.
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| 1 | This offence , with a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , covers a wide range of conduct , from a stolen kiss on the cheek to forced fellatio ( oral sex ) . |
| 2 | The structure of sexual offences in English criminal law places rape and buggery at the top of the ‘ ladder ’ , each carrying a maximum of life imprisonment , with the offences of attempted rape ( maximum penalty of life imprisonment ) and indecent assault ( maximum penalty of ten years ) beneath them . |
| 3 | This is the most serious of the offences in the Act , and is triable only on indictment and attracts a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment . |
| 4 | Originally , the Law Commission had proposed that the offence should carry a penalty of ten years , but later accepted that this was difficult to defend in terms of principle . |
| 5 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | Category C , carrying a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , would cover all other sexual assaults involving penetration . |
| 7 | The girl 's mother could face a criminal charge of wilfully neglecting the child under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , which carries a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |