Example sentences of "person shall [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided that a person shall not be convicted of such an offence if he proves that the contravention in question took place without his knowledge or consent . |
| 2 | ‘ … a person shall not be convicted of rape or indecent assault upon his spouse , or an attempt to commit , or assault with intent to commit rape or indecent assault upon his spouse ( except as an accessory ) unless the alleged offence consisted of , was preceded or accompanied by , or was associated with — ; ( a ) assault occasioning actual bodily harm , or threat of such an assault upon the spouse ; ( b ) an act of gross indecency , or threat of such an act , against the spouse ; ( c ) an act calculated seriously and substantially to humiliate the spouse ; or ( d ) threat of the commission of a criminal act against the person . ’ |
| 3 | Section 2(5) of the 1959 Act reads : " A person shall not be convicted of an offence against this section ( ie the offence of publishing obscene material ) if he proves that he had not examined the article in respect of which he is charged and had no reasonable cause to suspect that it was such that his publication of it would make him liable to be convicted of an offence against this section . " |
| 4 | ( 7 ) A person shall not be disqualified from acting as a member of a licensing board in relation to any matter by reason only that as a member of a committee constituted under section 47 of this Act he was concerned with the matter in question . |
| 5 | Section 41 clearly states that ‘ a person shall not be kept in police detention for more than 24 hours without being charged ’ . |
| 6 | In In re Leighton 's Conveyance [ 1937 ] Ch. 149 it was held by the Court of Appeal that a statutory provision providing that ‘ a poor person shall not be ordered to pay any costs ’ did not affect a mortgagee litigant 's right to add his litigation costs to the mortgage security . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |
| 10 | ‘ ( 1 ) … a person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so would tend to expose that person , or his or her spouse , to proceedings for a related offence … ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in the first-mentioned proceedings ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in those proceedings . |
| 11 | ‘ ( 1 ) In any proceedings to which this subsection applies a person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so would tend to expose that person , or his or her spouse , to proceedings for a related offence for the recovery of a related penalty — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in the first-mentioned proceedings ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in those proceedings . |
| 12 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |