11.   Iraq said its laws prescribe the death penalty for economic crimes.

12.   Islamic law prescribes beheading for various serious crimes.

13.   Lawyer Theodore Te, who represents Echegaray, said in the appeal that the government has failed to execute him within the time frame prescribed by law.

14.   Previously, Xinhua was not prosecuted for failing to reply to a request on releasing personal information it kept within the period prescribed by law.

15.   Separate laws also prescribe the use of minority language and local government financing.

16.   State law prescribes a drawing to settle ties.

17.   Swiss law prescribes fines and even jail terms to anyone who discloses bank secrets, but charges have yet to be brought against Meili.

18.   Thai law prescribes the death penalty for most serious drug trafficking offenses.

19.   The law prescribes three years imprisonment for organizing arbitrary Islamic courts.

20.   The investigation announced Thursday would look into whether military intelligence was operating as prescribed by law, Kasrils said.