Sentence examples for amend the existing from inspiring English sources

The government is likely to consider a proposal later this week to amend the existing marriage laws in India.

"The plaintiffs' firm will try to amend the existing complaint in order to allege subprime losses," said Stephen Froot, a partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner.

Under the agreement, Mr. Icahn will amend the existing tender offer "to eliminate or reduce certain conditions to the offer" and then extend it for another 10 business days.

In 2001, the US Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a rulemaking process to consider whether to amend the existing energy efficiency standards for furnaces and boilers.

We argue that authorities need to quickly amend the existing legislation to avoid this misguided attempt turning into a missed opportunity to improve environmental, macroeconomic, and fiscal outcomes.

Negotiations to amend the existing constitution, established by Dayton in order to strengthen state institutions and transform the country into a non-ethnic parliamentary democracy, have so far failed to make much progress.

Because the dirt was mixed into the existing soil, it is called an amendment, and the process is called amending the existing profile, as opposed to replacing it altogether.

The CAG says that competitive bidding could have been introduced in 2006 by amending the existing administrative instructions.

"The architects are amending the existing permit to include the as-built construction, which will remedy the Building Department's issues".

A Connecticut law passed in 2004 amended the existing law, giving police more authority to arrest only the abuser.

Opponents have accused the Prime Minister of trying to sneak hunting in through the back door, offering hunters a cover for illegal activities by amending the existing ban.