Sentence examples for exercise emergency from inspiring English sources

In lifting the pass laws, it would also give the Minister of Law and Order sweeping authority to designate "unrest areas" in which he can exercise emergency powers.

Under the City Charter, Mr. Bloomberg is allowed to choose a deputy to act as mayor when he is away, and for his second term that has been Ms. Harris, who has the authority to oversee the broad daily operations of the agencies and to exercise emergency powers if necessary.

When the law under which President Trump has declared a national emergency was first enacted, in 1976, it was designed to require both Congress and the president to agree that a national emergency exists before the president could exercise emergency powers.

The administration could exercise emergency waiver provisions under the Jones Act for crude and product shipments between ports.

In times of public emergency, the Governor may exercise emergency powers, including the mobilization of these military forces.

Indispensable complements are scenario exercises, emergency exercises and similar methods that validate the design and highlight organisational aspects.

The Clinton administration, which first exercised emergency powers in December to compel sales of electricity and gas to California's heavily indebted utilities, renewed the ruling six times and put no limit on extensions.

The power-sharing pact was viewed within the Bush administration as a way to both shore up General Musharraf's rapidly flagging support in Pakistan and stop him from exercising emergency powers, as hard-liners within his party have urged.

By exercising emergency powers that allow officials to bypass normal bidding procedures for contract work, using the latest in bridge-building technology and offering incentives for private companies to finish their work ahead of schedule, transportation agencies have been able to rebuild crucial arteries in record time.

I know what we're in for, and if you think Donald Trump is bad now, just wait until he exercises emergency powers.

Recent presidents have exercised emergency powers on plenty of other occasions — there are 31 national emergencies still in effect — but rarely have they taken such steps for what many observers say essentially amounts to ending a political policy disagreement.