Example sentences of "not an offence " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Office response was that age discrimination was not an offence under the Consumer Credit Act So a pensioner was disappointed and the company lost a customer . |
| 2 | This has similar status to the Highway Code — while breach of the code is not an offence it may be cited as evidence in cases of a breach of the duty of care . |
| 3 | It is not an offence under the Theft Act to take information . |
| 4 | Under Kandyan law it was not an offence to kill a high-caste woman who had had sexual relations with a low-caste man . |
| 5 | In the same term it was resolved by the two Chief Justices , Chief Baron , and Baron Altham , upon conference betwixt the Lords of the Privy Council and them , that the King by his proclamation can not create any offence which was not an offence before , for then he may alter the law of the land by his proclamation in a high point ; for if he may create an offence where none is , upon that ensues fine and imprisonment : also the law of England is divided into three parts , common law , statute law , and custom ; but the King 's proclamation is none of them : also malum aut eat malum in se , aut prohibitum , that which is against common law is malum in se , malum prohibitum is such an offence as is prohibited by Act of Parliament , and not by proclamation . |
| 6 | A refusal to answer police questions is plainly not an offence under section 51(3) . |
| 7 | This was not an offence under the Act because it does not extend to the domestic situation and a club having a private membership enjoys a private or domestic status . |
| 8 | However , with respect , Mr. Speaker , I have seen your reply in which you said that using the crest of the House of Commons on such material was not an offence , so I hope that you are not referring to that aspect of the issue that the tell-tale Member has just raised with you . |
| 9 | Development undertaken without permission is not an offence in itself ; but ignoring an enforcement notice is . |
| 10 | She was neither loitering nor soliciting said the prosecution and it 's not an offence to be a prostitute . |
| 11 | But it is not an offence to dress up as a policeman unless the uniform is used for personal gain . |
| 12 | Under Scottish law , carrying a knife is not an offence unless the prosecution can prove there was intent to injure someone with it . |
| 13 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 14 | It is n't an offence in itself to sniff glue , but the effect on young people can result in possible conviction for public order offences such as threatening behaviour or breach of the peace . |
| 15 | It is n't an offence to inhale solvents but it is an offence to sell them in the knowledge that they will be used for such a purpose . ’ |