Sentences with phrase «for unlawful acts»

Yanukovych has fled the country knowing that he will be committed for trial, at least for his unlawful acts in January and February 2014 that have caused dozens of deaths.

Acts under «color of any law» include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under «color of any law,» the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his / her official duties.

In February, Cuomo signed another order that gave the attorney general specific authority to probe Abelove and to pursue charges against any person for unlawful acts «in any way connected with the incident and its subsequent investigation, including its grand jury presentation.»

Not exact matches

She sued under the Civil Rights Act, but the Supreme Court rejected her claim, narrowly construing the law to limit the opportunity for redress to within six months after «a discrete unlawful practice takes place.»

A good next move for Congress would be to launch a long - overdue update of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act from 1986, which makes it unlawful to break into a computer to access or alter information and, astoundingly, still serves as a legal guidepost today.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

Most persons would agree that individuals employed as drug counselors should abstain from the use of hallucinogenic drugs and that Oregon acted properly when it denied unemployment benefits to persons discharged for unlawful drug use.

Penalties for unlawful conduct under the Fair Work Act attract a maximum penalty of $ 12,600.

According to The Equality Act 2010, it is unlawful for a business to discriminate against a woman because she is breastfeeding a child of any age in Great Britain.

Makes it unlawful for certain government agencies or departments to act in a way that interferes with your human rights

Introduced in the Senate by Jeff Merkley (D - OR) and Mark Kirk (R - IL), the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)(S. 815) would make it unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees:

Once he admits to being a covert unlawful Government agent, I have discharged my burden that he has always been one and the onus does not lie on me to prove that in the particular case of the judicial corruption undercover operations he was not acting as an agent for the Government in spite of foot notes 16 and 17 of my article on judicial and political corruption.

«Article 3 (3) of the Constitution, 1992 makes it the offence of high treason for any person to suspend, overthrow or abrogate the constitution by violent or other unlawful means, or to aid and abet any other person in such acts.

Meanwhile, the Minister for Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, Henry Seidu Danaa, is urging persons concerned about Chiefs endorsing presidential aspirants despite the act being unlawful, to report to them to their respective Regional House of Chiefs to have the issues addressed.

The Chenango County Sheriff's Office arrested a Village of Bainbridge man Monday for 1 Count each of 1st degree Rape, Criminal Sexual Act, Sex Abuse, Endangering the Welfare of a child and Unlawful Possession of Marihuana.

• The Lib Dems have unanimously backed a call for beefed - up sanctions against media owners and journalists who act unethically, including prison sentences for those who get data by unlawful means.

«SERAP considers double emoluments for serving public officials unlawful, as the laws granting those benefits take governance away from the arena of public interest, and create the impression that former governors acted contrary to the best interests of the general public.

One of the counts reads: «That you Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force) and IYALIKAM NIGERIA LIMITED between 28th March and 5th December, 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Court, did use an aggregate sum of N878, 362,732.94 (Eight Hundred and Seventy - Eight Million, Three Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty - Two Naira, Ninety - Four kobo) removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force and paid into the account of Rytebuilders Technologies Limited with Zenith Bank Plc for the construction of a shopping mall situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent Cadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for yourself, when you reasonably ought to have known that the said funds formed part of the proceed of unlawful activity (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) of Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act»

There can be no doubt that she was attempting to sidestep provisions for Parliamentary scrutiny set up under provisions of the 1971 Immigration Act, and her attempt was for that reason unlawful.»

Based on a long line of court decisions and guidance handed down by the federal Office for Civil Rights, which administers both nondiscrimination statutes — the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 — a court would most likely defer to educational experts, uphold standards supported by evidence of the SAT's validity, reliability, and technical underpinnings, and find flagging not to be unlawful discrimination.

Part 6 of the Act makes it unlawful for the responsible body of a school to discriminate against, harass or victimise a pupil or potential pupil in relation to admissions, the way it provides education for pupils, provision of pupil access to any benefit, facility or service, or by excluding a pupil or subjecting them to any other detriment.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the following acts, wholly or partially for a discriminatory reason based upon the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, or political affiliation of any individual.

Also, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, approved December 13, 1977 (DC Law 2 - 38; DC Official Code § 2 - 1402.11 (2006), as amended) states the following: Pertinent section of DC Code § 2 - 1402.11: It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the following acts, wholly or partially for a discriminatory reason based upon the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, or political affiliation of any individual.

In addition, Presidential Policy Directive 19 extends whistleblower protections to Federal employees eligible for access to classified data and the Kirkpatrick Act of 2017 makes it unlawful to access a Federal employee's or an applicant's medical records for certain unauthorized purposes.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production or to employees who work in different locations, provided that such differences are not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, nor shall it be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to give and to act upon the results of any professionally developed ability test provided that such test, its administration or action upon the results is not designed, intended or used to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

(D) It shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because such individual, member or applicant for membership has opposed any practice made unlawful by this section, or because such individual, member or applicant for membership has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this Act.

It shall not be an unlawful employment practice under this title for any employer to differentiate upon the basis of sex in determining the amount of the wages or compensation paid or to be paid to employees of such employer if such differentiation is authorized by the provisions of section 6 (d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206 (d)-RRB-.

BUSINESS ACCOUNTS: In compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), we will not open new accounts nor maintain accounts for any business engaging in a lawful or unlawful Internet gambling aUnlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), we will not open new accounts nor maintain accounts for any business engaging in a lawful or unlawful Internet gambling aunlawful Internet gambling activity.

We shall have no liability for and you agree to reimburse, indemnify and hold us, our affiliates and our and their partners, directors, officers and employees and any person controlled by or controlling us harmless from all Losses that result from: (a) your or your agent's misrepresentation, act or omission or alleged misrepresentation, act or omission, (b) Capital One Investing following your or your agent's directions or failing to follow your or their unlawful or unreasonable directions, (c) any of your actions or the actions of your previous advisers or custodian, (d) the failure by any person not controlled by Capital One Investing to perform any obligations to you, and (e) your failure to provide accurate information on your Account Application or to update that information.

It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to immediately surrender any animal that exhibits dangerous behavior as defined in this Act to an animal control officer after receiving an impoundment order from Animal Control.

It shall be unlawful to act as an animal breeder in the city without a breeder's license for that animal issued pursuant to this section.»

Bill 485, commonly known as the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act, seeks to make it unlawful for retail stores to sell dogs, cats, or rabbits unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, SPCA shelter, Humane Society Shelter, or other 501 (c)(3) rescue organization.

Bill 485, commonly known as the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act, makes it unlawful for retail stores to sell dogs, cats, or rabbits unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, SPCA shelter, Humane Society Shelter, or other 501 (c)(3) rescue organization.

Deploy the Endangered Species Act, albeit unlawful, for it's an especially affective way to take property and escape the onerous statute of «just compensation.»

The CPP is unlawful for a multitude of reasons, but surely one of the most bizarre is that EPA's alleged statutory authority, § 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), prohibits the agency from promulgating any such regulation.

Specifically, she ruled that the City of Dana Point's severe beach access restrictions are unlawful because the record put forth by the City was «entirely lacking in evidentiary support for declaring a nuisance and that the City acted arbitrarily and capriciously in making such a declaration.»

We offer advice and representation at employment tribunals for a multitude of claims, ranging from unlawful deduction of wages and unfair dismissal to more complex issues such as Discrimination Act claims.

A termination because of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code or as retaliation for reporting or enforcing a provision of the ESA or the Occupational Health and Safety Act, may be unlawful.

The party also argued that the arbitral award was invalid because the tribunal decided a question not eligible for arbitration under Swedish law, namely whether certain transactions constituted unlawful distributions under the Swedish Companies Act.

LIBOR / BBA / unlawful fee arrangements (2015 - 16)-- acting for a number of financial institutions in respect of regulatory - related claims in the Employment Tribunal

A significant proportion of the Act is dedicated to prohibitions against unlawful interception and, importantly, exceptions for journalistic material (although there are concerns that these exceptions are insufficient).

Usury: The act of charging an exorbitant, excessive, illegal rate of interest for a loan; an unlawful contract for the loan of money.

Since damages can be awarded for breaches of contract, a breach has to be an «unlawful» act, i.e., an act that attracts a sanction, the proposed rule would be impossibly wide: we recognize the unlawful element when we refer to wrongful dismissals.

Acting for Ukraine in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings in relation to claims of $ 180m by a London Stock Exchange - listed oil and gas company brought under the UK - Ukraine bilateral investment treaty, alleging unlawful imposition of tax measures.

A more troubling issue arises from between the lines of the Grokster decision — that of whether a company is obliged to act when it suspects its product is being used for unlawful purposes.

If my client comes to me for advice, must I now, since I now «[believe] on reasonable grounds that there is an imminent risk of... substantial financial injury to an individual caused by an unlawful act that is likely to be committed,» disclose what my client is about to do?

And because soft law can not trump hard law, the policy manual's prescriptions were unlawful: «the mandatory directive in a guideline such as the Policy, by which citizenship judges must ensure that candidates for citizenship have been seen, face uncovered, taking the oath, can not trump the Act or the Regulations «(at para. 56).

Genuine issues of fact precluded summary judgment on a consumer's claims against a seafood producer for allegedly making unlawful, false, and misleading advertising regarding the omega - 3 nutrient content of certain of its products in violation of California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), False Advertising Law (FAL), and Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), the federal district court in San Jose has ruled (Ogden v. Bumble Bee Food, LLC, January 2, 2014, Koh, L.).

(3) With regard to any charge of discrimination under any law, nothing in this Act is intended to preclude or limit an aggrieved person's right to introduce evidence of an unlawful employment practice that has occurred outside the time for filing a charge of discrimination.