Sentence examples for laws section from inspiring English sources

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Convictions under the laws, section 60 of the criminal code, dictate compulsory jail time for bikies not only gathering in public but also attending clubhouses or recruiting.

The Obama administration has justified the surveillance programs using aspects of two laws: section 215 of the 2001 Patriot Act, the so-called "business records" provision; and section 702 of the 2008 Fisa Amendments Act.

The list is determined by three laws: Section 6j of the Export Administration Act, Section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act.

For the court to step away from this established practice, prescribed by the secretary of state, the state official charged by the legislature with "responsibility to... obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation, and interpretation of the election laws," Section 97.012( 1), was to depart from the legislative scheme.

Later this month the Supreme Court will hear arguments on two gay-marriage laws: Section 3 of the federal Defence of Marriage Act, which among other things denies various federal benefits and tax breaks to married same-sex couples, and California's Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that banned gay marriage in the state.

Like so many of Labour's laws, Section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act was drawn so broadly that it encouraged opportunistic abuse by police who, it seemed, were utterly unaware of the rights of football fans to go about their lawful business.

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The constitution further provides that elections shall be regulated by law: SECTION 1. Regulation of elections.

The bar association's own antitrust law section opposes the definition.

A colonial-era law, Section 377, criminalized homosexuality, which was defined as an "unnatural" offense.

Congress voted to extend that law, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, last month.

He supported the homophobic law Section 28 until its dying breath.

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