Sentences with phrase «made illegal sales»

Some 556 refused to refused to sell to the minors, but the rest made illegal sales, officials said.
Again, pro-pot proponents like to compare pot to alcohol or tobbacco, fair enough, but under the Excise Act, 2001 anyone who makes illegal sales of tobacco and alcohol is subject to possible imprisonment, and you'd better believe that if people were openly selling cigarettes and booze without a license, you can be sure they would be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law (indeed provincial authorities are quite aggressive in prosecuting such persons).

Not exact matches

Cannabis sales are still illegal on the federal level, and the Trump administration has played coy about its plans for the burgeoning marijuana industry, even as the man the president hand - picked to be the country's law enforcement officer has made it no secret that he despises the drug.
Now, however, two of the individuals who made the videos are facing criminal charges, including tampering with government records and one related to soliciting the illegal sale of human organs.
Until the 1960s, Comstock Act laws were on the books in many states, making the sale of contraceptives illegal even to married couples.
You said it yourself — «sales pitch» — they shouldn't be making a sales pitch to him, it is illegal, tapping up, which Liverpool have been heavily involved in, plus he has the same agent as Sterling, who seems very dodgy — the FA should be over this guy like a rash, but the dear FA seem very reluctant to tackle anyone with money, as you can see by all the dodgy people they allow to be owners of football clubs.
In it, I discuss Houston ISD's long and troubling history of turning a blind eye to illegal campus junk food — even after the implementation of Smart Snacks — and how continued junk food sales will only make the job of our wonderful new school food director, Betti Wiggins, exponentially harder.
It's because of reasons like those and the number of injuries occurring that the sale and ownership of baby walkers have been made illegal in Canada.
The Government has no right in preempting the contract by making the sale of the substance illegal.)
While local governments, the state of New York, and the federal government continue to work to make the sale and possession of designer drugs like bath salts illegal, there's one politician who says this is the wrong way to deal with the crisis.
But while CITES regulations make the sale and importation of ivory illegal, enforcement of these regulations isn't sufficiently strict.
That law served as a model for the federal ban making the sale of microbeads illegal nationwide.
The shadowy nature of illegal media downloading makes it difficult for researchers to analyze the true relation between piracy and lost sales.
Law enforcement agencies and conservationist are expected to make use of the system — developed by researchers from the University's Centre for Cyber Security — in their ongoing battle against illegal ivory sales.
If the recent past is anything to go by, large scale production, marketing and sales operations for the new compounds will not take long to set up once synthetic cathinones have been made illegal.
Cannabis sales have been illegal since the 1970 Controlled Substances Act was passed, with the only exceptions being the products made from the «mature stalk» and «sterilized seed» of the hemp plant, which could still be sold since they contained little to no psychoactive components.
Judge Koh has issued the following order that made the sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 illegal in the US.
not to mention, the below screen cap suggests there were more than a few sales lost to ebooks, the UK edition and illegal downloads) but it has made the release of the finale an anticipated event.
It was illegal for sighted persons to listen to LP audiobooks from 1934 until 1948, because publishers and authors» unions controlling royalties and rights did not want them made available for public sale.
Doctorow, a champion for removing the restrictions that limit the potential of books, makes a very clear case for the belief that DRM, or the «locking» of a book to one platform and the limitations that are supposed to protect the author and publisher from piracy and illegal file sharing, actually leads to piracy and loss of books sales for the author.
Although the act did reduce the consumption of alcohol in the United States, it also caused a rise of criminal gangs and increased violence as gangsters sought to make a profit through illegal sales.
He made his comments during the bank's annual shareholder meeting, several weeks after the CBC reported that unnamed bank employees alleged they used aggressive, and in some cases illegal, sales practices.
Unless you're buying or selling stocks on «insider information» (information about companies that has not been made public yet), which is illegal by the way, the price of each individual stock available for sale on the open market already takes into account all of the negative and positive information available about that particular company.
Fair Housing Act: An act created by the federal government that makes it illegal for lenders, sellers, agents, brokers, and anyone involved in the sale or purchase of a home to discriminate against a buyer for any reason.
While the sale of crocodilians in the pet trade is illegal in some places, pet specialty retailers that are not subject to such bans should be aware of the species that make for fantastic pets for capable owners.
The legislation would be similar to Pennsylania's statute, in making it illegal to auction or raffle off dogs in the state and prohibit dogs from being transported in for sale or trade that are acquired by auction or raffle elsewhere.
We continue to lobby for legislative change to make the sale of puppies in pet shops illegal and it is against our Code of Ethics to sell puppies to pet shops, but we are still looking into this particular case and the actions that we can take.
here's an idea, why doesn't PETA work to make internet sales of animals illegal?
Lake Worth, Florida passed an ordinance on February 15, 2011 that makes it illegal to «display, sell, trade, deliver, barter, lease, rent, auction, give away, transfer, offer for sale or transfer, or otherwise dispose of dogs or cats in the City».
The bill makes no mention of an exception for free - to - play games on PC, Consoles, or Mobile — in fact making only the * sale * of games with loot boxes illegal, * not * making it illegal for minors to access them once they have the game; meaning kids who still need their mom to purchase a game like Shadow of War, can still hop in and purchase loot boxes once they own it; and game developers can sell them, because the bill also makes no mention of age - restrictive tools.
The Parties have made it quite clear that there should be no trade in elephant ivory... any legal trade in elephant ivory incentivizes elephant poaching and illegal ivory sales.
Daleiden is the founder of the pro-life Center for Medical Progress who made a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood clinic employees discussing the illegal sale of tissue from aborted fetuses.
Section 94 (1) of the Land Titles Act, RSA 2000, c L - 4, makes it clear that a sale of unsubdivided parcels of land is illegal:
Canadian law already renders it illegal to make for sale or rental an infringing copy of a copyrighted work such as movie.
The law makes illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
730 DOS 02 DOS v. New World Realty of New York, Inc. — availing of license; deposits; disclosure of agency relationships; duty to supervise sales associates; failure to pay judgment; proper business practices; DOS has jurisdiction where disciplinary action was started while individual was licensed as an associate broker and was eligible to automatically renew at the time of the disciplinary hearing; salesperson owned voting stock in licensed corporate real estate broker, failed to pay judgment and failed to present evidence of inability to do so, and engaged in unlicensed activity after license expired; representative broker availed corporate real estate brokers license to salesperson; representative broker failed to properly supervise salesperson by permitting and authorizing salesperson to act as a real estate broker; broker and salesperson failed to make agency disclosures and failed to deposit funds of principal in a special bank account; real estate transaction conducted was a fraudulent business practice; DOS fails to prove the unauthorized practice of law; salesperson's license revoked and salesperson ordered to pay refund of $ 1,406.00 of illegal commission collected; representative broker's license revoked and broker ordered to refund $ 74.00 of illegal commission collected; representative broker fined $ 5,000.00
The Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States, making illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
It is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio Fair Housing Law, division (H) of Section 4112.02 of the Revised Code and the Federal Fair Housing Law, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, to refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in Section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate in advertising the sale or rental of housing, in the financing of housing, or in the provision of real estate brokerage services.
It is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio Fair Housing Law, Division (H) of Section 4112.02 of the Ohio Revised Code and the Federal Fair Housing Law, 42, U.C.S.A. 3601, to refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in Section 4112.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate in advertising the sale or rental of housing, in the financing of housing, or in the provision of real estate brokerage services.
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