penalty provision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpenaltyandprovision
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penalty
noun[C]
uk/ˈpen.əl.ti/us/ˈpen.əl.ti/
a punishment, or the usual punishment, for doing something that is against ...
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provision
noun
uk/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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Although this is essentially a technical matter, the new clauses are flawed in that they propose offences without associated penalty provisions.
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The fact is, of course, that the penalty provisions are not at all operative until we have made some regulations.
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For many years the penalty provisions have been used for that purpose, and it has been common knowledge.
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It is true to say that the penalty provisions form no logical system and are capable of being very savage in character.
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It does not have that effect in respect of its financial penalty provisions.
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To remove that, as the amendment proposes, would mean that the enhancedpenaltyprovisioncould no longer be supported.
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If there is apenaltyprovisionthat the property must be kept empty, who is to enforce it?
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Thepenaltyprovision, as drafted, is a backstop to powers which themselves will be used only when informal methods have failed.
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The amendment would clearly dilute the deterrence factor in thepenaltyprovision; indeed, there is much less to lose from "trying it on".
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Therefore, what the application would suggest is that, at any rate, thepenaltyprovisionshould come to an end.
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Apenaltyprovisionsuch as that contained in subsection (3) in relation to accounting matters is by no means unprecedented in legislation.
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One finds that thepenaltyprovisioncan be enforced by procedure in the domestic courts of the company.
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We believe that we need the benefit ofpenaltyprovision.
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Thepenaltyprovisionneeds to be retained.
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However, the fact remains that some parents with care refuse to co-operate with the agency without good cause, so we need to retain a meaningfulpenaltyprovision.
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The minimum had to be low, because there was apenaltyprovision, and obviously, therefore, you had to have a standard of overcrowding that could reasonably be established.
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Thispenaltyprovisionhas been drawn in a way which will prevent fines from being imposed on landlords who fail to carry out their duties solely through ignorance.
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It is possible to imagine an offender dreaming up an improbable excuse for his action which woule enable him to escape thepenaltyprovisionof the clause.
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If it merely defined apenaltyprovision, then the conviction and sentence could stand.
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