administrative offence

Living in a dwelling without a permanent or temporary registration is considered an administrative offence.

Since July 2001 drug possession in Portugal has been an administrative offence, rather than a criminal one.

A recent study into irregular immigration states that "most irregular migrants have committed administrative offences rather than a serious crime".

The BOD deals with administrative offences like not leashed dogs and vandalism.

He was convicted of the administrative offence of disobeying a lawful order from the police and fined one thousand roubles.

This regulates issues of responsibility for commission of administrative offences in connection with processing of personal data or distribution of marketing communications.

"Violence, fights, vandalism - these are all crimes, not administrative offences but crimes," said President Dmitry Medvedev.

The police officer should give their name and rank, explain the reason why you have been stopped and make an administrative offence report in the case of a traffic violation.

Neither the citizens of third countries nor those of Member States should be subjected to infringements of personal freedom or be given custodial sentences for administrative offences.

Hambledon Mining lost 3.45% to 3.5p following news of a £1.17m fine by a Kazakh court relating to an administrative offence arising from environmental damage caused by a rupture at its Sekisovskoye gold mine.

Employing unregistered people is an administrative offence for the employer, but penalties are rare: sometimes even Western companies in Moscow employ unregistered people (usually graduates of good universities who lost their dormitory registration when they graduated).

In civil cases including employment, administrative, constitutional and social cases assistance under the Legal Advice Scheme Act (advice and, where necessary, representation) is given; in criminal cases and cases involving administrative offences, only advice but no representation is given.