"any provision to the contrary" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to signify that the current statement overrides any conflicting information that had been previously mentioned. For example: "All participants must submit their project presentations by the end of the week, unless there is any provision to the contrary from the event coordinator."
1260, provided that during fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, any Federal grant of funds to an institution of higher education to be available solely for student financial assistance or related administrative costs could be used for the purpose for which the grant was made without regard to any provision to the contrary in section 101 e) [title V, § 514] of Pub.
This is important because, under British Law, unless there is any provision to the contrary, an act takes effect on the date on which it receives Royal Assent and that date is not regarded as being the date when the letters patent are signed, or when they are delivered to the presiding officers of each house, but the date on which both houses have been formally acquainted of the assent.
Section 36 of the Act permits a minister empowered to exercise a power or perform a duty to, in the absence of any statutory provision to the contrary, depute another person to exercise the power or perform the duty on his or her behalf.
Unless the statute which creates a misdemeanor contains some clear provision to the contrary, suspicion that it is being violated will not justify an arrest.
Is there any way a shareholder can find out if the proxies were handled correctly without filing a lawsuit?... Dan Dunbar, Manhattan A. Aaron Shmulewitz, a Manhattan co-op lawyer, said that in the absence of a specific bylaw provision to the contrary, co-op shareholders generally do not have the right to inspect proxies or ballots without a court order.
So it was natural that the rappers would help found a new political movement here, Y'En A Marre ("Fed Up"), that has become a potent force at the heart of resistance to Mr. Wade's efforts to stay in office despite his previous promises and constitutional provisions to the contrary.
In cases where both parties seemed at fault, though, Right of Way tended to blame the driver, noting that according to New York State motor vehicle law, "notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any bicyclist, pedestrian or domestic animal".
Notwithstanding any provision of section 1016 to the contrary, no adjustment to basis shall be made with respect to property acquired or improved through the use of any payment, to the extent that such adjustment would reflect any amount which is excluded from gross income under subsection (a).
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words "Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any administrative determination to the contrary. . .
Any statement to the contrary is false.
