Sentences with phrase «officials acted contrary»

The pleas of state immunity fail, as the interests or activities covered by the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property 2004, art 6 (2)(b) do not include reputational damage suffered by foreign states if it is proven that foreign officials acted contrary to their own laws.

Not exact matches

It means «receiving or offering any undue reward» so as to influence an official's behaviour «and to incline him to act contrary to his duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.»

«Contrary to current reports, DHS has not denied any waiver request associated with Hurricane Maria,» said a senior DHS official, on a media press call about the Jones Act and Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning.

«That you, AVM Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo whilst serving as Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Air force and the CEO / Managing Director as well as the sole signatory to the account of Spaceweb Integrated Services Limited with Wema Bank, on or about the 11th July, 2014 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did accept a gift in the sum of One hundred and Sixty Six Million Naira (N166, 000,000) from Societe D' Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air force in performance of your official act and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquact and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquAct, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquAct».

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

Sulaiman on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5 million through a Guarantee Trust Bank account to Alanamu, as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Sulaiman, on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5m to Alanamu as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

«That you, Bala A. Mohammed, while being the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, sometime in 2014 in Abuja within the Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did accept gratification of a house worth N550, 000,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only situated at No. 2599 & 2600 Cadastral Zone A04 Asokoro District, Abuja from Aso Savings & Loans Plc as reward for performing your official duties and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18 (b) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 and punishable under Section 18 (d) of the same Act.»

«A prima - facie case of corruption is established when elected officials are allegedly influenced to act contrary to their obligations of office by the prospect of financial gain to themselves.

The charge reads: «That you, AVM Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo whilst serving as Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Air force and the CEO / Managing Director as well as the sole signatory to the account of Spaceweb Integrated Services Limited with Wema Bank, on or about the 11th July, 2014 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Court did accept a gift in the sum of One hundred and Sixty Six Million Naira (N166, 000,000) from Societe D' Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air force in performance of your official act and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquact and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquAct, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act&raquAct».

«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.

«if a board of education adopts a policy and its agents act contrary to it, such action will likely be considered per se unreasonable, with the result that school officials may be liable for negligence or even violation of constitutional rights.

Contrary to Burris» assertion that they shun accountability, charter school officials have called for better oversight instead of the hodgepodge system in place whereby 324 local, county and state agencies act as authorizers.

(3) Every person who receives any secret official code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information, knowing, or having reasonable ground to believe, at the time he receives it, that the code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information is communicated to him in contravention of this Act, is guilty of an offence under this Act, unless he proves that the communication to him of the code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information was contrary to his desire.

When Nazir Karigar is sentenced the first week of April for conspiring to bribe a foreign public official, contrary to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, it is likely the court will be looking to send a strong message, say legal observers.

1.1 (1) A reference in the English version of an Act, rule or regulation to a court or official by the former name of that court or the former title of that official set out in Column 1 of the following table or by a shortened version of that name or title is deemed, unless a contrary intention appears, to be a reference to the new name of that court or the new title of that official set out in Column 2.

However, contrary to reports calling the FTC's action an official endorsement, a recent blog on the FTC web site, «The Fair Credit Reporting Act & Social Media: What Businesses Should Know,» indicates that Internet background checks using social media information simply must follow the same FCRA rules that apply to the more traditional information — employment and salary history, criminal records, and credit reports — that FCRA compliant background screening firms and employers have used in the past.

However, contrary to reports calling the FTC's action an official endorsement, a June 2011 blog on the FTC website, «The Fair Credit Reporting Act & Social Media: What Businesses Should Know,» indicated that Internet background checks using social media information simply must follow the same FCRA rules that apply to the more traditional information — employment and salary history, criminal records, and credit reports — that FCRA compliant background screening firms and employers have used in the past.