Penalties for deceptive installation practices range from several hundred dollars in fines to a year in jail, the council said.
"It takes many forms, from domestic abuse to rape, sexual abuse and harmful cultural practices ranging from genital mutilation and honor crimes to premature marriage".
The practices, ranging from the artful to the absurd, have been documented all across Mexico in recent days as the election, now just two weeks away, approaches.
And the effect on these siloed citizenries is a kind of moral and psychic deformation, their respective beliefs and practices ranging from the tragic to the bizarre.
Alternative medicine is such a vast conglomeration of practices, ranging from the use of vitamins and herbs, to meditation, massage, movement therapy and acupuncture, that even its practitioners cannot agree on what to call it.
The moves come after a string of reports over the last year or so have called into question nonprofit practices ranging from making favorably priced loans to insiders to overvaluing noncash donations like land, cars and patent rights for tax deductions.
The restrictions on Microsoft's business practices, ranging from the features of its software to its relations with customers and rivals, were to take effect in just 11 weeks.
Ronald Reagan reportedly consulted astrologers about the timing of some of his major political decisions, while Tony and Cherie Blair are well known for new age practices ranging from the use of bioelectric shields to Mayan rebirthing ceremonies.
For all concerned, the experience was a crash course in economics, and practices ranged from the honourable (Art Rupe at Specialty Records in Los Angeles was tough but principled in his negotiations and royalty payments) to the disreputable.
