Violations incur significant financial penalties, and may also be subject to criminal prosecution.

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But the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision.

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But the purpose of this legislation -- or the result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution for failing to divine the motivations of their patients when it comes to a very personal and medical decision.

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If no action is taken after 15 days, they could be subject to legal sanctions, product seizure or even criminal prosecution.

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It was most likely a calculated risk, taken with the understanding that the Act itself offers no public interest defense and that both Sky News and the reporter would be liable to criminal charges and subject to the discretion of the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute.

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If the President were not involved, if an ordinary citizen were the subject of the inquiry, no serious consideration would be given to a criminal prosecution arising from alleged misconduct in discovery in the Jones civil case having to do with an alleged coverup of a private sexual affair with another woman or the follow-on testimony before the grand jury.

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Most of the time, the guerrilla gardeners' gardens are gardens of peace unless, of course, landowners decide they don't want them there, which, with the exception of an angry bar owner in east London, usually never happens -- a spokesperson for London's Metropolitan Police Service said that while he had never heard of the seed-sowing bandits, any criminal activity -- even illicit gardening -- is discouraged and would be subject to prosecution.

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