Example sentences of "maximum penalty of [num] years ' " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
2 | Another aggravated offence is assault with intent to resist arrest or to prevent a lawful arrest , contrary to section 38 of the 1861 Act and carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
3 | The Mental Health Act 1983 contains a somewhat similar offence of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a patient in a mental hospital , which has a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
4 | This offence , with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , encompasses two classes of weapon : first , an article made or adapted for use as a weapon ; and second , any article intended for such use . |
5 | Other types of fraud and mistake are held to be insufficient for the offence of rape , and bring the case within the lesser offence of procuring a woman by false pretences or false representations to have unlawful sexual intercourse ( section 3 , Sexual Offences Act 1956 , carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment ) . |
6 | Insider dealings are prohibited , and those who commit such dealings are liable to prosecution in the criminal court with a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
7 | Defendants were frequently prepared to plead guilty under the old law with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
8 | Category D , carrying a maximum penalty of five years ' imprisonment , would cover indecent assaults not involving penetration . |
9 | Each of the perjury charges carried a maximum penalty of five years ' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 , while the possession charges carried maximum sentences of one year and a fine of $100,000 . |
10 | The UK government is concerned about the number of deaths caused by careless driving while unfit because of excessive alcohol consumption , and a recent White Paper , The Road User and the Law , recommends among other things , that this offence should carry obligatory disqualification from driving for at least 2 years , an unlimited fine and a maximum penalty of 5 years ' imprisonment ( Lowry , 1989 ) . |
11 | Due to be sentenced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , Keating faced a maximum penalty of 10 years ' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 . |
12 | Suicide and attempted suicide ceased to be a crime when the Suicide Act 1961 became law , in recognition of the right to self-determination , but there remains an offence of aiding , abetting , counselling , or procuring the suicide of another which carries a maximum penalty of fourteen years ' imprisonment . |
13 | 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 ) . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Category C , carrying a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , would cover all other sexual assaults involving penetration . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | The alternative for prosecutors is to accept a plea to a non-sexual offence such as assault occasioning actual bodily harm or unlawful wounding which carry maximum penalties of five years ' imprisonment . |