Sentences with phrase «drafted by civil servants»

The document drafted by civil servants also says that «ineffective spending» must be «closed down».

During a long period of research and drafting by civil servants, the proposals were strongly opposed by a lobby of children's and women's organisations on the grounds that any change would be an invitation to violent men to abuse their partners.

Not exact matches

Taking France as an example, most statutes stem from what's called a projet de loi, submitted by the government (and therefore drafted by professional civil servants working for a ministry).

Justice Lamer did so by determining that the evidence of those «present at the creation» — those involved in the drafting — should be given minimal weight, since statements by «civil servants» were not sufficiently indicative of the intentions of the legislative bodies that adopted the Charter.