Sentences with phrase «acting on oath»

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The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever hereafter be guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his opinions concerning religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety of the state.

Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England and a humanist, disagreed with the King on his divorce issue and he refused to take the oath to the Act of Supremacy.

Walsh's aunt Martha Walsh Hood, an acting Supreme Court Justice, administered the oath of office on Sunday.

Clean Air Act which will increase pollution) 13) timing press releases so bad news will miss the news cycle on long weekends, especially when they plan on not enforcing environmental laws 14) press not reporting on the outrageous use of signing statements (president basically saying he intends to violate his oath of office) 15) press rarely reporting on anti-war demonstrations 16) Whitehouse use of Fox News (sic) and right - wing demagogue radio to get its message out 17) right - wing attempt to take over NPR and PBS.

Those who have brought public opinion to bear on this subject act under a mere moral responsibility — under no oath which binds their movements to the straight and narrow line drawn by the Constitution.

(2) Where a justice of the peace is satisfied on evidence upon oath that there are in a place documents or things that there is reasonable ground to believe will afford evidence relevant to the carrying out of a review officer's duties under this Act, the justice of the peace may issue a warrant in the prescribed form authorizing the review officer named in the warrant to search the place for any such documents or things and to remove them for the purposes of making copies or extracts and they shall be returned promptly to the place from which they were removed.

(a) the judge is satisfied by information on oath in writing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament has been or will be committed and that information concerning the offence will be obtained through the use of the technique, procedure or device or the doing of the thing;

4) On June 19, 2015, the Conservatives also tabled another bill known as the Oath of Citizenship Act which mandates that citizenship applicants must show their face during the Oath of Citizenship ceremony.

55 (1) On the application of any elector who is unable to read or who is disabled and thereby prevented from voting in accordance with the other provisions of this Act, the deputy returning officer may assist the elector to the voting screen or if the elector making the application takes an oath as to his or her inability to vote without assistance, shall thereafter assist the elector at the voting screen by marking his or her ballot in the manner directed by the elector in the presence of the poll clerk and of no other person, and place the ballot in the ballot box.

Vouching — which is permitted by Section 143 (3) of the current version of the Canada Elections Act — is the process by which a qualified elector may prove her identity by taking an oath and being vouched for by another qualified elector whose name appears on the voters» list for the same polling division.