31. The possession of stolen property is a criminal offence. 32. He is being prosecuted for two criminal offences. 33. He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence. 34. The Attorney-General subsequently announced that libel was to be treated as a criminal offence, provoking protests against censorship from the local and foreign press. 35. The amnesty, which excluded anyone who had been convicted of a criminal offence, including that of subversion, was greeted coolly by government opponents. 36. Black people have always known racial violence to be a criminal offence and Black people always reported incidents to the police. 37. Since assault requires an apprehension of immediate violence, a threat to injure in the future is not a criminal offence. 38. Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car. 39. A breach of a covenant of quiet enjoyment may also amount to a criminal offence. 40. Police will know families of men arrested for criminal offences. |