Sentences with phrase «such official acts»

They did rule, however, that had the jury been properly instructed on what now defines such official acts, it may not have decided that Silver was guilty.

Not exact matches

Such skepticism about the Fed's plans to end policy calibrated to fight a financial crisis and recession forces officials to perform a difficult balancing act.

In the Pauline churches official leaders such as apostles, prophets, and teachers were present, but in the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group member.

If we make a demand on the Church, we must always examine precisely whether it is really addressed to the hierarchy and its members as such, or to the Church, that is, to all of us Christians, and precisely in the sphere where the official Church does not teach and act authoritatively.

I can not but voice my concern at the increasing marginalisation of religion, particularly of Christianity... relegating it] to the purely private sphere... [such] that Christians in public roles should be required at times to act against their conscience... and the official teaching of the Church.

Of course a philosopher can not in his official capacity speak of an act of God, for he never speaks of concrete events such as transactions between persons.

(b) Persons subject to the Act who believe that they are adversely affected by a noncompliance decision of a State organic program may appeal such decision to the State organic program's governing State official who will initiate handling of the appeal pursuant to appeal procedures approved by the Secretary.

A flagrant foul will be defined as a foul that may or may not involve physical contact, but involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so severe as to place an opponent at risk, persistent or extreme abusive conduct and the use of vulgar language or gestures.

The IMS Act - known in full as the Indian Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods Act 1992 - prohibits the payment of health officials by those involved in the supply of breast milk substitutes such as infant formula.

As an elected official and a religious leader I know the pain of such acts.»

«The court talks about certain acts that Silver was shown to have taken that no longer can be considered official acts, such as having a meeting,» attorney Joshua Colangelo - Bryan said.

It took nearly a year and a half for state officials to warn residents to not drink the water, acting only after the E.P.A. — the very entity that the state now blames for the crisis — had issued such a warning.

In the video, elected officials such as Public Advocate Letitia James and U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, says a vote for the WFP is a vote for women's equality, as well as campaign finance reform and the Dream Act.

MySpace and Facebook as well as niche networks such as Black Planet were fertile ground for the campaign itself and for supporters acting on their own, and the campaign eventually maintained official profiles on some 15 different online social networks (accumulating five million «friends» in total).

One former DOE official seized on the candidates» balancing act between old and new, warning whoever moves into Gracie Mansion to resist the urge to wipe out the DOE's existing leadership team, calling such a move «shortsighted» and «a waste of talent.»

A statement signed by the Force Public relations officer, Acting ACP Olabisi Kolawole noted that «However, persons on essential duties such as Ambulance service providers, INEC officials on - duty, security men, accredited election monitors / observers, accredited journalists, etc are not affected by this order».

Issues like the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, and ethics reform such as the constitutional amendment the governor first proposed in December for term limits and limiting outside income for state officials, lack the «political will,» he said.

«Because the charges in this case can not be proved by official acts purportedly taken by Percoco during that period, to the extent that it relies upon such acts, the indictment must be dismissed for failure to state an offense,» Bohrer wrote.

I call on all public officials, of all parties, and indeed, all people everywhere, to denounce and repudiate these expressions, and to pledge to punish to the full extent of the law anyone engaged in such acts.

Complaints about short - term apartment - rental services such as Airbnb soared in the past year — but there were only 12 inspectors to act on them, a city official said Tuesday.

State officials came up with a new list of 188 «priority» schools, including 90 in the city, to meet a March 1 deadline under the federal No Child Left Behind Act — or risk consequences such as a loss of funds.

The lobbying act bars firms from offering or providing gifts to public officials, such as a job to Skelos» son.

Professor Martey at a lecture in the Ashanti Region last week stated that, some officials of the Akufo - Addo government, are already exhibiting signs of corruption and cautioned against such acts.

They were told such an act could be «any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority.»

If enacted, such a regulatory scheme could conceivably speed along clinical trials because it would allow investigators to draw from a large pool of people with diverse tumors that act along the same pathway instead of culling thousands of people with the same official cancer type.

As a nonviolent act of civil disobedience escalates into a stand - off with law enforcement officials, issues such as homelessness, mental illness, and drug addiction are explored.

Pursuant to Education Law section 16, any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a student has been subjected to harassment, bullying, and / or discrimination by an employee or student, on school grounds or at a school function, who acting reasonably and in good faith, either reports such information to school officials, to the commissioner, or to law enforcement authorities or otherwise initiates, testifies, participates or assists in any formal or informal proceedings under this subdivision, shall have immunity from any civil liability that may arise from the making of such report or from initiating, testifying, participating or assisting in such formal or informal proceedings.

«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.

(a) Insert «1» after (a)» in subsection (a) and add at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: (2) No person acting under color of law shall --(A) in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote;

The Animal Pedigree Act provides that only one official registry per breed may exist in Canada, and other breeds not recognized by CKC are registered by other registries such as the Canine Federation of Canada and the Working Canine Association of Canada.

Bandai Namco, publisher of such titles as The Tales of series and Dark Souls, today announced that they will act as the official anime sponsor for Wizard World's 2016 convention tour.

For them, art is a way of speaking out against injustices such that citizens, media, and even public officials can be motivated to act; however the way in which art expresses its politics is shaped by realities understood both individually and within a community through poetic and aesthetic forms.

Interior Department officials said that the administration is committed to controlling such emissions using other means and protecting the bears from more direct threats using the act and other environmental laws.]

However, internal communications recently released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request showed top EPA officials collaborating with anti-coal environmentalist groups such as the Sierra Club and the Natural Resource Defense Council.

It is by now well - known (for an analysis on this blog see here) that, according to the CJEU, harmonised European standards, though adopted by private standardisation bodies, are to be assimilated to acts of the EU institutions (James Elliott Construction, para 34), all the more since references to such standards have been published by the Commission in the «C» series of the Official Journal of the European Union (James Elliott Construction, para 40).

Given that the Federal Government very recently made significant amendments the Trade - marks Act — indeed, the most significant changes to the Act since 1956 — and specifically chose not to make revisions to the official mark provisions despite this criticism, perhaps one should question whether such official mark rights should be so significantly limited judicially.

Such laws and practices would still be possible if English were declared the official language of the US, by act of Congress.

The Trade - marks Act confers special rights to certain public institutions, such as ICBC, for protecting «official marks» adopted by such entities.

Shapiro cites cases such as McDonnell v. United States, decided in 2016, in which the court unanimously reversed the conviction of a former Virginia governor on the basis that meeting with constituents who seek favors is not one of the «official acts» that can be prosecuted under public - corruption statutes.

Developmental and legislative materials — Containing preparatory materials, acts and proceedings from the diplomatic conferences, and materials contemplated by such conferences, including the Official Commentaries by chapter

He therefore concludes that the OMT programme can be reviewed in this preliminary ruling, also because «the alternative — namely declaring an act such as the OMT programme not actionable — would entail the risk of excluding a significant number of decisions of the ECB from all judicial review merely on the ground that they have not been formally adopted and published in the Official Journal» (at 89).

If the rapist gained access to the victim while acting in an official capacity for an employer, such as a school, church, or soccer league, it is very possible that the employer can be negligent for failing to adequately protect the public.

Committing a criminal act against a victim who is part of a protected class — such as a child, police or law enforcement officer, public official, emergency medical professional, firefighter, elderly, or disabled person;

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.

It would be unreal to say that such official failures to act in accordance with state law, redressable by state judicial procedures, are state acts violative of the Federal Constitution.

An individual making the statement may also have the protection of an «absolute privilege» or immunity, such as the president or other high ranking public officials who enjoy absolute immunity for statements made «in the course of their official acts.»

(1) Every person is guilty of an offence under this Act who, having in his possession or control any secret official code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information that relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in a prohibited place, or that has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act, or that has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty, or that he has obtained or to which he has had access while subject to the Code of Service Discipline within the meaning of the National Defence Act or owing to his position as a person who holds or has held office under Her Majesty, or as a person who holds or has held a contract made on behalf of Her Majesty, or a contract the performance of which in whole or in part is carried out in a prohibited place, or as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to the foregoing enabling act and to the matters recited in the foregoing preface, that the annexed rules be and the same hereby are adopted for the regulation of original and appellate civil practice and procedure in judicial proceedings in the district courts of the State of Nevada, and the forms annexed thereto approved; that the same shall be effective on January 1, 1953; that publication thereof be made by the mailing of a printed copy by the clerk of this court to each member of the State Bar of Nevada according to the clerk's official list of membership of such Bar (which will include all district judges and district attorneys), and that the certificate of the clerk of this court as to such mailing, not less than sixty days prior to January 1, 1953, shall be conclusive evidence of the adoption and publication of said rules in accordance with the provisions of said enabling act.

Therefore, the final rule defines this term as an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

(C) If the disclosure is to a person acting on behalf of a public official, a written statement on appropriate government letterhead that the person is acting under the government's authority or other evidence or documentation of agency, such as a contract for services, memorandum of understanding, or purchase order, that establishes that the person is acting on behalf of the public official.