Crime - a definition.A crime is a violation of a law that prohibits specific activities and for which a punishment is set out by the state. In Canada, only offences defined in federal law can actually be called "crimes." Offences covered by provincial or municipal law and for which there is a punishment are called "penal Punishable; inflicting a punishment. penal adj. referring to criminality, as in defining "penal code" (the laws specifying crimes and punishment), or "penal institution" (a state prison or penitentiary confining convicted felons). offences." Crimes such as murder, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, and theft are defined by the federal Criminal Code. Some offences, such as tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. , drug trafficking, and smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain , are defined by specific Acts of Parliament. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Law Reform Commission of Canada, various kinds of crimes are defined in 40,000 federal and provincial laws and regulations. There also are innumerable municipal laws and by-laws. |
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