Noun
legislation that makes something illegal
Source: WordNetthe criminalization of marijuana Source: Internet
At the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Indonesia, along with India, Turkey, Pakistan and some South American countries opposed the criminalisation of drugs. citation Taiwan Taiwan treats the smoke and wine as legal entertainment drug. Source: Internet
A second option is for partial criminalisation in terms of which the buying of sex would be a criminal offence, but those who sell sex would be decriminalised. Source: Internet
Incorporating smuggling crimes in immigration laws severs the link between smuggling and organised crime, encouraging criminalisation of the migrant rather than the smuggler. Source: Internet
Only then can we get out of the vicious cycle of poor service delivery, corruption, criminalisation, mistrust, erosion of legitimacy of authority and perpetual low-middle-income status. Source: Internet
The Portfolio Committee on Communications will hold public hearings at Parliament to look into the criminalisation of revenge porn, a new criminal offence in the Films and Publications Act Amendment Bill. Source: Internet