In countries where military service is compulsory, failure to perform this duty is frequently punishable by law. |
Inflicting or otherwise causing a blighty wound was considered a capital offense, which was punishable by execution by a firing squad. |
A special law was enacted to make such abductions a capital offence, punishable by hanging. |
Under the Indian government's 1985 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, possession of charas is punishable by up to a year in prison. |
The Law Commission proposed that the privilege should be restricted to incrimination for crimes punishable by imprisonment. |
Indeed, I would go further than mere encouragement and make voting compulsory, non-compliance being punishable by a fine. |