The bill will not pass into law until a second vote — on the separate articles of the legislation — on Thursday.
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed three articles of the legislation over the weekend, but must ratify it if Parliament passes it a second time.
This is made clear in the first article of the legislation, and comes from a regulatory awareness both of the limitations of traditional methods and of the new possibilities created by toxicology research in recent years.
Recitals are considered by some to have less effect than if the ban were inserted as an article in the body of legislation.
The commission, known as the CVM, is examining whether Mr. Batista and five other executives of the petroleum company OGX may have violated several articles of Brazil's corporate legislation.
It claimed that this was the wish of "the founding fathers, incorporated into the Articles of Confederation, attempted through legislation adopted by state legislatures, and documented in recent media polls".
Re "Business Owners Take Aim at Proposed Smoking Laws" (news article, May 3), about a package of legislation to discourage smoking now being considered by the New York City Council: I suggest banning all tobacco sales in pharmacies.
Because of an editing error, an article yesterday about the failure of legislation proposed by Connecticut's two senators that would have temporarily halted federal recognition of new Indian tribes misstated the number of those currently recognized in the state.
An article yesterday about the introduction of legislation to give the District of Columbia a seat in the House of Representatives misstated the amount of states whose approval was necessary for a constitutional amendment to give Congressional representation to the district.
Correction: September 25 , 2002 Wednesday Because of an editing error, an article yesterday about the failure of legislation proposed by Connecticut's two senators that would have temporarily halted federal recognition of new Indian tribes misstated the number of those currently recognized in the state.
