Sentences with phrase «drafted a law which»

Then McDonough, who holds a degree in paralegal studies, went a step further — she researched and drafted a law which would make parents of repeat juvenile offenders subject to criminal penalties.
It came as a part of the discussion around the draft law which may empower the country's Central Bank to oversee cryptocurrencies.

Not exact matches

At that point, the form was a rough draft and still had many omissions including not listing any foreign government contacts and even omitted the address of my father - in - law (which was obviously well known).
«Another important aspect of the new laws is that employees in corporations of any size will not be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim if the employer can show that their employment was terminated because of what the Bill describes as «genuine operational reasons»» «The genuine operational reasons provision is very broadly drafted and includes economic, technological or structural reasons» said Mr Drake - Brockman «This would allow an employer to successfully counteract an unfair dismissal claim in nearly all situations which result in a genuine redundancy».
So when the bill was signed into law in April, lawmakers drafted up a clause, «Title II,» which would lift the ban on «general solicitation» — the legal hurdle that had prevented this sort of crowdfunding in the past.
The resolution, which contains instructions for key health care - related committees to begin drafting legislation to undo the health law, must also be passed by the House of Representatives (and is expected to get a vote there this week).
The report also said the draft law is now pending publication by the Royal Gazette, after which it will be formally enacted.
Regardless of the «he said, she said» narrative, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; a bill would require drafting, after which it would need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.
A new draft law has been presented in Russia which proposes the regulation and production of cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
Regardless, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; the bill will require drafting, after which it will need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.
Rosenstein's comments came at the end of a wide - ranging conversation at the Newseum in Washington to commemorate Law Day, which happened to fall a day after the Washington Post reported that conservative allies of President Trump had drafted impeachment articles against the Justice Department's No. 2 official.
Referring to a draft article co-authored by Gallagher which suggests that proposals drafted by Harvard Law School's Shareholder Rights Project may constitute a violation of SEC rules, Minow quotes Columbia law professor Robert Jackson, who wrote, «It is wildly inappropriate for a sitting SEC commissioner to issue a law review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kiLaw School's Shareholder Rights Project may constitute a violation of SEC rules, Minow quotes Columbia law professor Robert Jackson, who wrote, «It is wildly inappropriate for a sitting SEC commissioner to issue a law review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kilaw professor Robert Jackson, who wrote, «It is wildly inappropriate for a sitting SEC commissioner to issue a law review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kilaw review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kilaw without any investigation or due process of any kind.
TASS also noted that other media outlets have been circulating a story which has Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the Committee on Financial Markets at the Russian parliament, asserting that a draft of a law setting such a cap already exists.
He helped draft the «Defense of Marriage Act,» the 1996 law in which the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, and is the author of «Fighting for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do.»
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was only a young teenager when he was REQUIRED by law (being a «law - abiding» citizen in America you would understand) to join Hitler's Youth Group and after turning 18 he was conscripted (as a patriotic American you can understand young men being drafted) into the German army, which, after a few months he deserted (that alone should make you respect him) and spent a few months as a German POW in an American POW camp.
It advises lawyers to draft special exclusions from the Wills Act 1837, which allows gifts to pass to the children of an heir who has died, because this is not recognised in Islamic law.
The Law society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raquLaw society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life».
President Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II both intervened with President Boris Yeltsin in 1997 when they saw drafts of a new law which threatened to negate the freedoms of the non-Orthodox and move toward reestablishing Orthodoxy as the state religion.
Neuhaus argues that such poor drafting resulted from the bishops being in a media — inspired panic, he ignores the fact that the very definition he quotes refers to Canon 1395 — 2, which itself, like canon law generally, employs this kind of very vague language.
The law, which was drafted by the late Pope Shenouda III and is now under study, would allow Egyptian Christians to refer to their own religious edicts in matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance, and would allow them to choose their religious clerics.
The right - wing faction has promoted the school prayer amendment to the Consitituion and similar initiatives to declare America a «Christian nation;» it is workingintently to bring about a constitutional convention at which its representatives could propose curtailments of various freedoms; is drafting laws to confer official favor on specific religious establishments.
This right - wing faction has promoted the school prayer amendment to the Constitution and similar initiatives to declare America a «Christian nation»; it is working intently to bring about a constitutional convention at which its representatives could propose curtailments of various freedoms, is drafting laws to confer official favor on specific religious establishments.
Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.
«Since my own son had just sustained a concussion and I was aware that there is a gap in the state laws that protect our youth athletes, I was motivated to draft the bylaw,» Beltz - Jacobson told me in an interview, a bylaw which she modeled on the Brookline bylaw with her own enhancements.
At the moment, a draft government regulation (RPP) is being prepared for the implementation of Health Law No. 36 which was passed last year.
That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.
«While SNE supports breastfeeding and the principles on which this law was drafted, we are concerned that the measures would not have the intended outcome, and could even result in negative health impacts.»
Explaining his party's opposition to the draft Communications Data Bill in 2013, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said a «law which means there will be a record kept of every website you visit, who you communicate with on social media sites» would not happen when his party was in government.
It is drafting a new climate law, which is expected to be in place by 2015.
Second, as Richard «Dick» Lipton explains in the American Bar Association Tax Lawyer article «Hyperlexis» (which I can't link here) legislators in an attempt to curtail bureaucratic discretion draft more and more complex and arcane laws to clarify Congressional intent.
Turn now to the Center for Biological Diversity Climate Law Institute, which drafted a 2009 working paper titled «Yes, He Can: President Obama's Power to Make an International Climate Commitment Without Waiting for Congress».
Ardent's Shanel Lindsay, a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board which drafted Massachusetts» adult - use cannabis law, told Observer that she «absolutely can understand» the skepticism but believes any movement forward is a «positive sign.»
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee immediately opposed the draft advisory opinion, which is open for comment until Friday and still not finalized, saying in a letter than it would be «unfair and contrary to law
Some of the ideas already mooted include drafting of a model law establishing SIECs to bring them in line with the Electoral Act and global best practice, as well as the development of voluntary «Guiding Principles for the Conduct of Free, Fair and Credible Elections in Nigeria» to which we expect all 37 Election Management Bodies in Nigeria to accede.
The draft bill would also amend the state's education law, requiring that any school in which more than 25 percent of students live on campus must set aside a minimum of 50 beds — or 10 percent of total beds, whichever is less — for substance abuse free living.
There are a few drafts of legislation limiting the use of drones by law enforcement in Syracuse floating around city hall, one of which was drafted largely by the Syracuse Peace Council.
Tedisco's bill, which is being drafted, would amend New York State's penal law to make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of knock out game individual assault or gang assault to face up to 25 years in prison (currently it's between 4 - 15 years depending on the age of the defendant).
Is it not a warning in legal drafting class at the Nigerian Law School which I believe Fani - Kayode supposedly passed through that a lawyer shall make dictionary (Yes!
The U.S. Department of Education and state departments, one of which Elia is head, are now drafting regulations in relation to the new law.
A Reuters report yesterday said the government is putting finishing touches to draft that will also revisit the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which had stalled for years with a view to replacing it first with «a law to overhaul the sector which aims to close loopholes that bred corruption».
But his plan, requiring draft laws to be put before Parliament by January, was opposed by Labour, which condemned it as «a back of a fag packet solution».
The Liberal Democrats pointed to the bill's draft status, which reduces its chances of becoming law in this session.
Director of Consumer Protection, and former County Legislator, Jim Maisano said: «The Immigrant Protection Act is a good law which went through an extensive drafting process.
RESOLVED, that this Legislature hereby calls upon the New York State Legislature and Governor to set aside and annul this ill conceived and poorly drafted statute which abridges the rights of law abiding citizens of the State of New York; and, be it further
Yesterday, the Electoral Commission published a draft of its guidance (it won't be definitive until the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill becomes law) which is by all accounts quite encouraging.
Some of the ideas already mooted include drafting of a model law establishing SIECs to bring them in line with the Electoral Act and global best practices, as well as the development of voluntary «Guiding Principles for the Conduct of Free, Fair and Credible Elections in Nigeria» to which we expect all 37 Election Management Bodies in Nigeria to accede.
Primary legislation (the statutes enacted by sovereign legislatures, such as the British Parliament) provides a framework which is complemented by secondary law, in the form of rules drafted by government agencies and court rulings which establish legal precedents.
Council member Dan Torres agreed, and said that the proposed by - laws are being drafted in the context of a New York State Comptroller report which was highly critical of the corporate structure.
The Conservative Party has published a draft bill later which could make it law that Britain must have a referendum on whether to stay in the EU by the end of 2017.
Real work on this concept was initiated by the Legislature's Energy and Environment Committee in June 2008, with the introduction of a draft Local Law which was presented to that committee for consideration.
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