The phrase "act does not bar" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to indicate that a specific act or action does not prevent or prohibit something from occurring.
Example: "The statute clearly states that the previous act does not bar the new legislation from being enacted."
Alternatives: "act does not prevent" or "act does not hinder".
"This case presents issues of great moment," said Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., "and the Anti-Injunction Act does not bar the court's consideration of those issues".
Our colleague Adam Liptak reports: "This case presents issues of great moment," said Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., adding that the law, the Anti-Injunction Act, "does not bar this court's consideration of the case".
The administration stated in its petition to the Supreme Court that the "United States continues to believe that the Anti-Injunction Act does not bar these challenges to the minimum coverage provision".
The court held in Epic Systems Corp. vs. Lewis that the right to collective actions guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act does not bar employers from requiring disputes to be resolved individually through arbitration, as provided by the Federal Arbitration Act.
But the act doesn't bar sales taxes on online purchases unless they discriminate against online commerce, as they would if they're imposed on goods or services that would be tax-free if bought from a neighborhood store.
This resulted in a holding by the State Supreme Court that the Emergency Price Control Act did not bar the sale of school-land timber at prices above the ceiling.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the FleetBoston Financial Corporation, ruling that the Truth in Lending Act did not bar banks from using "bait and switch" tactics to entice new customers.
The United States concedes that the act of the Attorney General authorizing a warrantless wiretap is subject to judicial review to some extent, Brief for United States 21-23, and it seems improvident to proceed to constitutional questions until it is determined that the Act itself does not bar the interception here in question.
The parties agree that the consent decree does not bar a challenge under the Sherman Act...
"The solution to this uncertainty," they conclude, is for Congress to "pass a special-purpose statute stating that the [Anti-Injunction Act] does not bar" challenges to the individual mandate until the provision goes into effect in 2014.
