Of particular relevance here, we have jurisdiction over the judicial system and the criminal code.
The previous version of the criminal code only specified fines as penalties for animal maltreatment.
So, why are the authorities trying to charge Dotcom et al under the criminal code?
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He will probably be charged under a recent terrorism provision in the criminal code that allows a 30-year prison sentence.
"He enjoys all the legal guarantees provided by the criminal code and criminal procedure in force in the State of Vatican City, " it added.
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One example is changes to the criminal code, hastily passed in the run-up to the Duma election, that cut out a provision allowing the confiscation of stolen property.
And that is the practice recommended by the Department of Justice in the manual distributed to United States attorneys who enforce the criminal code in federal courts throughout the nation.
That fact helps explain why, as the NPC moves toward modernizing, clarifying, and tightening the criminal code, it is in many ways producing a much more complex set of laws.
The aim, said Illinois Senate president and Clear commission member John Cullerton, a Democrat, is to ensure "it will be a lot longer before we have to redo" the criminal code again.
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He said the king of Jordan would be visiting the UK later this month, which gave the government "an opportunity to try and persuade him to go that little bit further in terms of the way the criminal code of Jordan operates".
Home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz said the visit to the UK of the king of Jordan later this month gave the government "an opportunity to try and persuade him to go that little bit further in terms of the way the criminal code of Jordan operates".
Mr. Holder said the Justice probe would include a review of "a variety of statutes within the IRS code" and the federal criminal code.
Under the Canadian criminal code, the illegal storage of organs is defined as an indignity of human remains and carries a penalty of up to five years in jail.
We must state that we consider the above threats to be in breach of the Hellenic Criminal Code and as the alleged offence took place on Hellenic soil and the victims were Greek citizens, jurisdiction will be assumed immediately.
He will face trial next month for violating Article 215 of the Armenian Criminal Code, which equates the smuggling of antiquities with trafficking in weapons of mass destruction.
Tymoshenko was accused of violating articles 364 and 365 of the Ukrainian criminal code, articles which govern the abuse of authority in office.
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He was convicted in 1982 under Article 89 of the Russian criminal code (theft of state property).
Brazilian senators are currently looking into a proposal put together by lawyers and specialists to change the existing criminal code.
In the end though, they arrested him under the normal criminal code.
The Vatican criminal code is based closely on Italian legal practice.
The federal criminal code would govern any false statements.
Andi Hamzah, a University of Indonesia law professor who worked on the 1980s draft criminal code, said the revision effort then devolved into endless debate among people of diverse political and religious viewpoints.
Since they relied on the Federal Criminal Code--charging crimes--in making their case, it is appropriate that they be held to the burden of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt--the standard used in criminal cases.
In putting on their case, the House Republican managers sought to portray a simple logical progression--first that the material which they brought before the Senate showed violations of provisions of the Federal Criminal Code, i.e.
The proposed reforms of the penal code and criminal-justice system will have to overcome the entrenched attitudes of judges and lawyers, also well represented in Congress.
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The revised version of the capital's criminal code protects wild and domestic animals against maltreatment.
Mr. Verma said some of the committee's proposals could be addressed in legislation to amend the country's criminal code.
India's Parliament in March passed legislation to overhaul the country's criminal code, instituting stricter punishment for rape cases, and making many other forms of sexual assault and harassment punishable crimes.
Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. to reform the nation's criminal code.
The revised version of the Mexican capital's criminal code was passed in December but came into force on Thursday.
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