Example sentences of "it is [art] offence for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 2 | It is an offence for a shopkeeper to sell solvent based products to anyone under the age of 18 , if they know , or have reasonable cause to believe , that the products are to be abused , and not used for their normal purpose . |
| 3 | And it is an offence for a man to commit gross indecency with another man : this offence usually concerns mutual masturbation or oral sex between two males ( there is no equivalent offence between females ) . |
| 4 | For example , the Football ( Offences ) Act 1991 says : ‘ It is an offence for a person … to go onto the playing area … without lawful authority or lawful excuse , which shall be for him to prove . ’ |
| 5 | Section 1 of the Act provides that it is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a postal communication or a telecommunication . |
| 6 | It is an offence for anyone under the age of 18 to sell or buy drinks . |
| 7 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) . |
| 8 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place . |
| 9 | However , where the police or Customs & Excise officers are acting under the authority of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 it is an offence for the practitioner to tell anyone anything regarding their investigation ; even the fact that one is taking place . |
| 10 | It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota . |
| 11 | The counselling and procuring provisions are contained in s.1(7) and stipulate that it is an offence for , inter alios , any of the above mentioned insiders to counsel or procure any other person ( ie not only individuals ) to deal in the relevant securities , if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that person would deal in them on a recognized exchange . |
| 12 | By virtue of s.47(1) it is an offence for any person , inter alia , to dishonestly conceal any material facts if he conceals those facts for the purpose of inducing , or is reckless as to whether it may induce , any other person to enter or to offer to enter into , or to refrain from entering or offering to enter into , an investment agreement or to exercise , or refrain from exercising , any rights conferred by an investment . |
| 13 | Equally , it is an offence for a private company to pass itself off as being a public company and vice versa . |
| 14 | it is sim because of the big difference between the Sales Of Goods Act and buying privately , for that reason it is an offence for a trader erm to pretend not to be a trader . |
| 15 | Similarly , it is an offence for a man who is a member of staff or a manager of a hospital to have sexual intercourse with a mentally disordered female patient . |
| 16 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 17 | He was , however , dissuaded from holding that a man 's belief in consent must be reasonable because of the wording of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 , s.1 , which provides that it is an offence for a man to rape a woman . |
| 18 | Thirdly , it is an offence for someone in the course of a business to furnish the consumer with a written contract ( or other written document ) containing such a notice . |
| 19 | Fourthly , it is an offence for someone in the course of a business to supply goods bearing any statement about the seller 's liability in respect of description , quality or fitness for purpose unless the statement also makes it clear that the statement does not affect the statutory rights of the consumer . |