Sentence examples for government clause from inspiring English sources

These changes also ensured that an individual charged with an offence must be shown to have used "threatening" language – rather than the broader government clause of "threatening, insulting and abusive" language.

The bill, introduced in response to the July 7 bombings, was opposed by both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and saw Tony Blair's first Commons defeat since coming to power, when Labour rebels overturned a government clause allowing 90 days detention.

But it would only stop the government using clause 89 powers under the finance bill in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

He would bargain with young Beaujolais to get into his contract with the French Government, a clause giving him possession of Mary Vanbrugh.

The Arab commission and delegates of both sides were reported discussing the removal of military officers from the Government, another clause of the Cairo agreement.

The government dropped clauses that would have transferred executive powers from president to prime minister (the Supreme Court had said they would require approval by referendum).

"Never in my experience of many bills in this house have I witnessed 65 pages of government new clauses and amendments being produced at the last minute for a bill that is 145 pages long," she said.

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies against only the states, but it is otherwise textually identical to the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which applies against the federal government; both clauses have been interpreted to encompass identical doctrines of procedural due process and substantive due process.

The government said the clause would not prevent charities and other organisations in receipt of government grants from using privately raised funds for lobbying campaigns.

The government opposed the clause but may need to support it in the lower house as part of deals with its One Nation and Hinch.

Added into the contracts of NGOs who receive government funding, the clause imposes restrictions on how that money can be spent.