Supporters say the measures are intended to restrict voter fraud.
While sounding tough, politicians are tweaking earlier decisions intended to restrict immigration.
Laws intended to restrict the number of autorickshaws in Delhi are widely flouted.
The law, which Congress passed in 1999, had been intended to restrict certain depictions of animal cruelty.
After reports of abuse and mismanagement surfaced, the federal government responded with measures intended to restrict the flow.
President Dmitri A. Medvedev has signed into law the first steps intended to restrict abortion in Russia since the collapse of Communism.
The master plan incorporates protected open land on the edge of the city, which is intended to restrict development like the UK's greenbelt.
Some items on the list have legitimate civilian uses, and the Customs Service initiative is not intended to restrict or discourage legitimate exports, officials said.
Last December, the justice secretary said he intended to restrict IPPs to offenders who would otherwise have merited a fixed sentence of 10 years.
"This initiative is intended to restrict the rights of Russian citizens, which we consider completely unjust and baseless," said Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian foreign ministry's human rights envoy, in comments to the Interfax news agency in Brussels.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973, intended to restrict the powers of the president in committing the United States to military action without Congressional consent, puts as little effort into defining "hostilities" as the Constitution does into "war".
