Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [prep] section [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mental element or mens rea for this offence is explained in Section 6(4) of the 1986 Act , viz : A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting or ( as the case may be ) he intends his behaviour to be or is aware that it may be disorderly . |
| 2 | Now , on any view , this was both an inadequate and a misleading indication to the driver of the nature of his right under section 8(2) and what the exercise of that right would involve and I agree entirely with the decision of the Divisional Court allowing the defendant 's appeal from his conviction of an offence under section 5 by justices based on the admission in evidence of the breath specimen . |
| 3 | ‘ A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting or ( as the case may be ) he intends his behaviour to be or is aware that it may be disorderly . ’ |
| 4 | The mental element or mens rea by the offender for this point is as follows : Section 6(3) provides that a person is guilty of an offence under Section 4 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 5 | Under section 6(3) a person is guilty of an offence under section 4 only if he intends his words , behaviour or writing , etc. , to be threatening , abusive or insulting or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 6 | ‘ A person is guilty of an offence under section 4 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting . ’ |
| 7 | A particularly important decision was that in R. v. Thomson Holidays ( 1973 C.A. ) where the defendants had already been convicted of an offence under section 14 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 by making false statements in a holiday brochure . |
| 8 | The argument advanced is that the doctor is not obliged to respect the request of the patient — indeed , he is obliged to disregard it — since otherwise he would be guilty of an offence under section 2 . |
| 9 | The local authority appealed against that part of the order by which the justices purported to direct that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement with L. on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had no jurisdiction to attach a condition to the care order which had been agreed by the parties and approved by the justices ; ( 2 ) in the alternative , the justices had no jurisdiction to make the direction , because ( i ) it had the effect of fettering the discretion of the local authority in the exercise of its functions under section 33 of the Children Act 1989 , and ( ii ) the justices had no power to order the guardian ad litem to ‘ have continued involvement ’ once the proceedings had been concluded by the making of an order under section 41 of the Children Act 1989 ; and ( 3 ) the justices had no jurisdiction to make a direction which anticipated a further application before the court , the justices power to give directions in respect of future applications being confined to a prohibition of further specified applications under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 . |
| 10 | in the result agreed ) had restricted the availability of an order under section 236 to enable a liquidator or an administrator ‘ to get sufficient information to reconstitute the state of knowledge that the company should possess . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence which he could not be compelled to give — ( a ) in civil proceedings in the part of the United Kingdom in which the court that made the order exercises jurisdiction ; or ( b ) … ( 3 ) Without prejudice to subsection ( 1 ) above , a person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence if his doing so would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; and a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to the effect that it would be so prejudicial for that person to do so shall be conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 12 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence which he could not be compelled to give — ( a ) in civil proceedings in the part of the United Kingdom in which the court that made the order exercises jurisdiction ; or ( b ) … ( 3 ) Without prejudice to subsection ( 1 ) above , a person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence if his doing so would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; and a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to the effect that it would be so prejudicial for that person to do so shall be conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 13 | ‘ 2(1) The powers of the Director under this section shall be exercisable , but only for the purposes of an investigation under section 1 above , or , on a request made by the Attorney-General of the Isle of Man , Jersey or Guernsey , under legislation corresponding to that section and having effect in the Island whose Attorney-General makes the request , in any case in which it appears to him that there is good reason to do so for the purpose of investigating the affairs , or any aspect of the affairs , of any person . |
| 14 | An action under section 62 is , like an action under section 5 , a private action brought by the investor against the contravener . |
| 15 | certainly in a far worse position than any other English claimant alleging erm any of the courses of action which are permitted as an exception to section fourteen |
| 16 | In a prosecution for an offence under section 5 of driving with excess alcohol in the blood the prosecution relied on the breath specimen in evidence . |
| 17 | This may give rise to a civil claim for breach of contract on the part of the guest who is double-booked , and may possibly lead to the prosecution of the hoteliers for an offence under section 14 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 . |
| 18 | For example , one Lambodar Gorain has been held in Ranchi Jail since 18th June 1970 , for an offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act … with the result that he has been in prison for eight and a half years for an offence for which even if convicted , he could not have been awarded more than two years imprisonment … . |
| 19 | It is again common ground that the appropriate course for the House now to take in accordance with regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 is to adjourn the hearing of the defendant 's application for an order under section 18 , which will automatically activate the procedure under regulation 147 requiring the defendant , if he is minded to pursue the matter , to file evidence in support of his claim . |
| 20 | ‘ 143(1) On an application for an order under section 18 of the Act made in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court ( except proceedings on appeal from a county court ) or in the House of Lords , the court shall not make an order forthwith , but may in its discretion — ( a ) refer the application to a master or registrar for hearing and determination ; or ( b ) adjourn the hearing of the application ; or ( c ) dismiss the application … ’ |
| 21 | Mrs. Makanjuola was suing the police for damages for alleged sexual assault and buggery and to that end was seeking discovery of all relevant documents resulting from an investigation under section 49 of the Police Act 1964 and the police disciplinary proceedings which followed . |
| 22 | In his view ( pp. 360–361 ) , however , the decision in Cloverbay obliged the Court of Appeal to adopt the following approach as being correct for the court on an application under section 236 : |
| 23 | On 29 November 1990 the joint administrators of Paramount Airways Ltd. , Roger Arthur Powdrill and Joseph Beaumont Atkinson , issued an originating application against the respondent , Hambros Bank ( Jersey ) Ltd. , seeking , inter alia , ( 1 ) a declaration that the payment of £346,800 made on or about 31 July 1989 into the account of Anser General Investments S.A. held with the bank , effectively reducing the indebtedness of Anser General Investments S.A. to the bank , constituted a transaction at an undervalue within section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ; ( 2 ) an order that the bank pay to the administrators the sum of £346,800 ; ( 3 ) a declaration that the payment of £1,300,000 made on or about 4 July 1989 into the account of Anser General Investments S.A. with the bank , effectively reducing the indebtedness of Anser General Investments S.A. to the bank , constituted a transaction at an undervalue within section 238 of the Act of 1986 ; and ( 4 ) an order that the bank pay to the administrators the sum of £1,300,000 . |
| 24 | On 29 November 1990 the joint administrators of Paramount Airways Ltd. , Roger Arthur Powdrill and Joseph Beaumont Atkinson , issued an originating application against the respondent , Hambros Bank ( Jersey ) Ltd. , seeking , inter alia , ( 1 ) a declaration that the payment of £346,800 made on or about 31 July 1989 into the account of Anser General Investments S.A. held with the bank , effectively reducing the indebtedness of Anser General Investments S.A. to the bank , constituted a transaction at an undervalue within section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ; ( 2 ) an order that the bank pay to the administrators the sum of £346,800 ; ( 3 ) a declaration that the payment of £1,300,000 made on or about 4 July 1989 into the account of Anser General Investments S.A. with the bank , effectively reducing the indebtedness of Anser General Investments S.A. to the bank , constituted a transaction at an undervalue within section 238 of the Act of 1986 ; and ( 4 ) an order that the bank pay to the administrators the sum of £1,300,000 . |
| 25 | ( H. C. , 1987 ) and Re An Application Under Section 9 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 , ( N.C. , 1988 ) . |
| 26 | A potential developer can find out whether the ‘ development ’ that he intends to carry out requires consent by an application under Section 53 of the 1971 Act . |