Among the bill's other aims (new definitions of rape, for example) is a clause aimed at flashers that has aroused the ire of the nation's naturists.The existing law on indecent exposure is almost as odd as the idea of nudism in Britain's damp and bracing climate.
After the American revolution, in 1791, the U.S. government adopted the Fifth Amendment to the Bill of Rights, which included a Grand Jury Clause aimed at protecting people "against hasty, malicious and oppressive prosecution," by the government.
In a clause clearly aimed at the US, the document calls for countries "not to use information and communications technologies and … networks to interfere in the internal affairs of other states or with the aim of undermining their political, economic and social stability".
The clause was aimed at preventing Suu Kyi from holding the office, because her late husband was British, as are their two sons.
Although no-contest clauses are usually aimed at relatives, the one in Mrs. Astor's 2002 will specifically refers to any "entity" — clearly meant to dissuade the charities named in the document from challenging it, said Lisa M. Stern, a lawyer with Proskauer Rose in New York.
Her late husband was British and she has two British sons and the clause was specifically aimed at denying her the post.
Just as seriously, any local NGOs that receive foreign funding may have to seek time-consuming approval for each overseas donation – a clause thought to be aimed at hindering Egyptian human rights groups, almost all of whom rely exclusively on foreign aid.
The landmark action, supported by the UK-based Humaimedgnity Trust, is atmed at removing three clauses of the island's Offences Against Persons Act of 1864, commonly known as the "buggery" laws.
Labour tabled its own amendment, aimed at deleting the clause of the bill which calls for the ending of the cap on private income for the NHS.
