Sentence examples for act which was introduced from inspiring English sources

The Act, which was introduced in 1917 just after the US entered the first world war, was modelled on Britain's Official Secrets Act.

Under a majority Conservative Government, the Human Rights Act, which was introduced by Labour in 1998, would be repealed and replaced by this British Bill of Rights.

It was sent to committee, for review, with two co-sponsors, ten fewer than endorsed the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, which was introduced several minutes earlier at the same Council meeting.

The Free Speech Protection Act, which was introduced in the House of Representatives last week, will, if passed, prevent "libel tourism," the practice of filing suits against Americans in other countries where it is easier to prove libel.

A handful of senators have previously attempted to address workplace sex discrimination on a wider scale in an amendment to the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was introduced but died in committee.

"No one who poses a threat to public safety will be able to adjust their immigration status," she said, under a revised version of the bill, known as the Dream Act, which was introduced Tuesday.

The Contagious Diseases Acts, which were introduced in the UK in 1864, 1866 and 1869, identified sex workers as polluters of the male body politic (Bell 1994).

We must support the Restoring Education and Learning REALL) Act, S.3122 which was introduced in the US Senate on June 29th by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), and acts as the sister legislation of H.R. 2521 introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep Donna Edwards (MD-4) last May.

The pair appear not to have been aware that the wearing of political uniforms can be an offence in Britain under the Public Order Act 1936, which was introduced to inhibit the blackshirts of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.

Sarah Champion, Labour MP for Rotherham, tabled a 10-minute rule bill to enact section 78 of the Equality Act (2010), which was introduced by Labour but abandoned by the coalition when it entered government.

We now know that section 12 of the Human Rights Act 1998 – which was introduced late in the bill's parliamentary progress in an attempt to appease the media – does not mean what it says.