Federal offence definition

Federal offence means an offence contrary to the provisions of Act of the National Assembly or any law having effect as if so enacted.
Federal offence means an act that is made illegal by federal legislation including the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c. C-46.
Federal offence means an offencecontrary to the provisions of an Act of the National Assembly or any law having effect as if so enacted.

Examples of Federal offence in a sentence

  • Furthermore, Article 2 (II) of the US Constitution empowers the President to commute or reduce a sentence or grant a pardon in cases of conviction for a Federal offence.

  • VPU members are reminded that it is a Federal offence to liberate pigeons within close proximity of any airport.

  • The serious misuse of telecommunication devices is considered a breach of the law in Australia and is a Federal offence.

  • A national scheme would promote consistency and fairness, instead of offering different remedies to survivors based on the arbitrary criterion of which State or Territory the Federal offence was committed in.

  • DRUGSThe trafficking, use, or possession of controlled substances is a Federal offence and as such cannot be tolerated by the University.

  • These are court orders which may be imposed on a convicted offender of a Federal offence to make direct reparations, by way of monetary payment or otherwise, to the victim of the offence.41The difficulty with this mechanism is that it requires a successful prosecution of a trafficking offence, leading to a conviction.

  • Project Respect: “Trafficking is a Federal offence; however, compensation is only accessible through State schemes.

  • Should damage result to metering equipment from molestation, misuse, tampering [which is a Federal offence] or willful neglect by the customer, the Division will repair or replace such equipment and bill the customer for the costs incurred.

  • The biggest fine now is $250 - $500 for vandalism unless there is a Federal offence.

  • This is the log file of the web server.• It is a Federal offence to break into a computer system.

Related to Federal offence

  • State means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

  • Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.

  • Health care practitioner means an individual licensed