Sentences with phrase «created by federal statutes»

Traffic Court does not deal with most offences created by federal statutes such as the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

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The court noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had long ago decided that the Indiana teacher tenure statute created contractual rights that are protected by the federal Impairment of Contracts Clause.

A new common penalty system for criminal offences created by federal environmental statutes was introduced in the Environmental Enforcement Act (the legislation that enacted the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act).

Provincial superior courts recognized by s. 96 «have always occupied a position of prime importance in the constitutional pattern of this country», and the Federal Court, by contrast, «has only the jurisdiction conferred by statute», and being a statutory court, created under the constitutional authority of s. 101, does not have inherent jurisdiction (emphasis in original).