Übersetzung für "petty offence " (Englisch → Deutsch) :

55. Welcomes the insertion of provisions in the Hungarian Constitution by the Fourth Amendment stating that "Hungary shall strive to provide every person with decent housing and access to public services" and that the "State and local governments shall also contribute to creating the conditions of decent housing by striving to provide accommodation to all homeless people"; expresses concern, however, at the fact that "in order to protect public order, public security, public health and cultural values, an Act of Parliament or a local ordinance may declare illegal staying in a public area as a permanent abode with respect to a specific part of such public area”, which could lead to homelessness being addressed through the criminal law; rec ...[+++]alls that the Hungarian Constitutional Court had judged that similar measures contained in the Petty Offences Act were unconstitutional as contrary to human dignity;

In France, Article 41-1(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure allows the public prosecutor to use mediation in cases of petty crime (misdemeanours or petty offences), with the consent of the victim and the offender, before deciding whether to take criminal proceedings, if he feels that this will ensure that reparation is made to the victim, that any difficulties arising from the offence will be resolved and that it will help with the rehabilitation of the offender.

Some Member States differentiate between serious and petty offences related to the offences provided for in Article 2 (Spain, Sweden and Finland).

Belgium, Spain and Portugal, for example, have established a petty offence of fraudulent uttering of counterfeit currency when the author has received the counterfeit currency in good faith.

France, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain have a system of a penalty of imprisonment combined with a fine; Belgium has a system of penalties of imprisonment, provides also for a penalty of the deprivation of one's rights as a citizen and has combination of a fine and/or an imprisonment penalty for petty offences; the United Kingdom and Ireland have a system that allows a choice between a penalty of imprisonment or a fine or a combination of the two; Portuguese legislation punishes some conducts only with imprisonment, other conducts with imprisonment or a fine and others only with a fine.

In general Member States differentiate between serious and petty offences related to counterfeiting.