Sentences with phrase «at prohibiting acts»

Not exact matches

At issue is a section of the New Brunswick Liquor Control Act prohibiting anyone in the province from having more than 12 pints of beer not purchased through a liquor store in the province.

Under New York law, which governs the terms of Shkreli's employment, Shkreli was prohibited from acting in any matter inconsistent with his agency or trust, and was bound at all times to exercise the utmost good faith and loyalty in the performance of his duties for Retrophin.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from contacting a consumer about a debt at a time or place they should know is inconvenient.

This Act changed the reference in s 50 (1) from «a market» to «any market» (purporting to remove any doubt that a merger will be prohibited if it substantially lessens competition in a market other than the market in which the merging parties compete; this had never been a problem in the past) and removing the word «substantial» from the definition of market in subsection 50 (6)(this was theoretically directed at creeping acquisitions, but has little to do with concept of creeping acquisition discussed in this report)

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

Dan Telvock, our environmental reporter, has a new report about the failure of the Department of Environmental Conservation to aggressively act on requests to enforce state law at the Peace Bridge that prohibits -LSB-...]

Dan Telvock, our environmental reporter, has a new report about the failure of the Department of Environmental Conservation to aggressively act on requests to enforce state law at the Peace Bridge that prohibits trucks from idling.

mahama at dixcove (3) Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX, the Paramount Chief of Dixcove and Acting President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, advised fisher folks against use of prohibited chemicals and illegal nets for fishing.

Separate and apart from existing federal law, New York State's Dignity for All Students Act expressly prohibits bullying, discrimination, and harassment, on school property or at a school function, on the basis of a student's gender identity or expression.

WHEREAS, Erie County has a long history of being at the forefront of protecting our environment, whether it be the passage of the first Clean Indoor Air Act in 1996 or the passage of a law in 2015 Prohibiting the Sale of Personal Cosmetic Products Containing Microbeads, which law became the an impetus to and model for the United States Congress passing, and President Barack Obama signing, the Microbead free - Waters Act of 2015;

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

New York Congressmen Adriano Espaillat and José E. Serrano, along with fellow Representatives Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon and Don Beyer of Virginia, have unveiled the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, which will prohibit immigration enforcement, including arrests, interviews, searches and surveillance at particular sites.

It would immediately void Cuomo's SAFE Act provision that expanded rifle and shotgun bans while also prohibiting how many rounds of ammo can be in a firearm at a given time.

«This Operation which among other purposes, is aimed at the full enforcement of the Firearms Act, mopping - up and recovery of all prohibited firearms and illegally acquired weapons will enable the Nigeria Police Force deal decisively with Herders and Farmers Clashes, Kidnappings, Armed Robbery, Cattle Rustling, Militancy and Terrorism.

A separate analysis of Israel was not possible since the Kyl - Bingaman Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 prohibits private companies from selling high - resolution satellite imagery of locations in Israel at better than 2.5 meter resolution.

And, aside from a conclusion I won't spoil except to say that it plays exactly like the meta - film twist at the end of Altman's THE PLAYER, Spielberg can't resist to inject a Gumpian «brush with history» as then Assistant Attorney General Rehnquist, a future Justice of the Supreme Court, calls to advise Bradlee the publication of the papers is prohibited by the Espionage Act of 1917 — just a beat too late to stop the story going to print.

Also US - related, ADA is the «Americans with Disabilities Act» of 1990, a law that «prohibits unjustified discrimination based on disability» at the workplace.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is seeking to prohibit Department of Justice officials from enforcing parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act at private voucher schools.

SB 170 (Senator Bill Stanley) would prohibit, except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, and certain criminal acts, students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than three school days or expelled from attendance at school.

Behavior, Student Bilingual Education Biliteracy Seal Board of Education, State Bullying, Harassment, Intimidation Bullying - Parental Guidance on the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act Bullying - Model Policy and Guidance For Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying on School Property, at School - Sponsored Functions and on School Buses Business (Doing Business with DOE)

Real money mobile casino gambling is legal in the US, but the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) still prohibits numerous financial institutions from processing transactions at online gambling sites (both at desktop & mobile gaming sites).

Fortunately, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act generally prohibits debt collectors from continuing to call at work (or anywhere else) after you've told them not to.

Call at times prohibited for calling under the provincial Collections Act, which vary from province to province.

The [4] Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA, prohibits third - party debt collectors from contacting consumers at their place of employment «if the collector knows or has reason to know that the consumer's employer prohibits such contacts.»

So, for example under the new act, which is not yet law, a payday loan lender can't operate at an office location if a municipality passes a bylaw prohibiting it.

The WOOF Act would prohibit the issuance or renewal of a license to breeders whose previous license has been revoked or suspended, or to their immediate family members at the same address.

Did you know that California law (the Davis - Stirling Act) states that no condo association can prohibit a unit owner from keeping at least one pet, subject to the HOA rules?

In coming to this decision, the Supreme Court confirmed that s. 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867 prohibits laws whose purpose is to «restrict or limit the free flow of goods across the country,» but that «laws that pose only incidental effects on trade as part of broader regulatory schemes not aimed at impeding trade do not have the purpose of restricting interprovincial trade and hence do not violate s. 121.

«This appeal presents the novel question whether the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), which prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff without giving 60 days» notice, applies to a mass layoff of employees who worked for a private employer as airport security screeners until the United States government federalized airport security services and took over operations at their airport.»

Such acts are not specifically prohibited, but are referenced in the commentary at rule 2.04 governing conflict of interest.

Thirdly, Article 4 (3) of the Act of 25 June 1993 on the exercise and organization of travelling, trading and fairground activities prohibited (with some exceptions) all door - to - door selling at the home of the consumer for products or services exceeding EUR 250 per consumer.

The Court is also expected to address gay marriage due to the conflict between Defense of Marriage Act and various state laws allowing and prohibiting gay marriage, and to look at portions of the Voting Rights Act requiring some states with a history of voter discrimination to receive approval from the Justice Department to change election or voting laws.

Prowse found support for her decision in University of British Columbia v Berg, [1993] 2 SCR 353, where the Supreme Court held that ««every service has its own public» and once this «public» is defined, the Act prohibits discrimination against the members of that public on the prohibited grounds» (2002 AHRC 2 at 15, citing Berg at 383).

Under this broad view, unlawful act includes any act prohibited by law or statute, as an act that one is not at liberty to commit.

But the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, held that the hearing was prohibited by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which provides that if a federal habeas petitioner has «failed to develop the factual basis of a claim in state court proceedings,» a federal habeas court «shall not hold an evidentiary hearing on the claim» regardless of the reasons for this failure.

Writing for the majority of five justices, Justice Alito reasoned that the prohibited discriminatory act occurred at the time that the salary decisions were made, and not at the time years later when the cumulative impacts were realized.

At the state level, California's Equal Pay Act had already prohibited employers from justifying pay differences based on sex, race, or ethnicity solely on the grounds of prior salary.

• remove all discretion from the secretary of state in relation to deportation orders; • create an assumption that deportation is conducive to the public good; • require the secretary of state to make a deportation order (this can be made at any time providing there is no pending criminal appeal against a conviction or sentence); and • prohibit the secretary of state from revoking a deportation order unless: (i) one of the exceptions below applies; (ii) an application for revocation is made while individuals are outside the UK; or (iii) a new Borders Act deportation order is made.

(b) prohibits a lawyer, a party acting in person or a journalist from unobtrusively making an audio recording at a court hearing, in the manner that has been approved by the judge, for the sole purpose of supplementing or replacing handwritten notes.

If bullying or cyberbullying is happening at school then Ontario's Education Act prohibits repeated, aggressive behaviour that causes harm, fear or distress to another student.

(9) Clause (2)(a) shall not be interpreted as prohibiting an additional examination of the applicant under oath, under Ontario Regulation 283/95 (Disputes Between Insurers) made under the Act, at the insurer's request that is conducted for the purpose of determining who is liable under section 268 of the Act to pay statutory accident benefits in respect of the accident.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) precludes the asking of questions at a personal employment interview concerning a prohibited ground of discrimination where discrimination on such ground is permitted under this Act.

Looking at BC's Legal Profession Act, I see that s. 15 prohibits a «person» from practicing law.

Ontario's Safe Streets Act prohibits individuals from approaching a vehicle at an intersection to ask for money or to repeat a request for money after a person solicited does not respond or declines.

(b) prohibits a lawyer, a party acting in person or a journalist from unobtrusively making an audio recording at the court hearing, in the manner that has been approved by the judge, for the sole purpose of supplementing for replacing handwritten notes.

It's dangerous from that perspective rather than just prohibiting certain specific acts and leaving it at that.»

This background includes a description of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, early attempts at legislation and a discussion of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, in force since 2004, including its list of prohibited activities.

Subsection 11 (1) of the Act prohibits extinguishment that is contrary to the NTA, however if native title is extinguished at common law by the creation of non-Indigenous rights, then in most instances, 144 it will not be revived by the NTA.

The budget commits to the full passage of the toxic American Health Care Act, which would prohibit women with Medicaid coverage from accessing care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

The Racial Discrimination Act (1975)(RDA) is the enactment in Australian law of most of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).17 It prohibits racial discrimination at two levels.