To impose a penalty on smoking in the street is a stretch of the law.

在街上吸烟罚款是对法律的滥用。

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If the driver can be identified, it may impose a penalty on the driver in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

对能够确定驾驶人的，可以依照本法的规定依法予以处罚。

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Imagine bribing an Alzheimer's patient to keep her dementia from worsening, or threatening to impose a penalty on her if it did.

试想，你能否贿赂一个阿尔茨海默氏症患者让她减少痴呆，或者威胁她如果情况继续恶化就对她施以惩罚。

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Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) did not impose a penalty against Borse Dubai, even though it entered into options agreements with shareholders to buy 23.5% of OMX.

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The IRS will not impose a penalty for the failure to file the delinquent FBARs if there are no underreported tax liabilities and the FBARs are filed by August 31, 2011 (FAQ 17).

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The Pew report points out that some issuers (Bank of America) no longer provide the rate or terms for the penalty fee, only including a sentence in the fine print that states they reserve the right to impose a penalty fee.

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