Sentence examples for under existing statutes from inspiring English sources

Rather than enact new laws for genetically engineered crops, the government covers them under existing statutes.

British defence officials last night said inhuman treatment would have been unlawful under existing statutes already enshrined in British law.

In the 1990s, the F.D.A. tried to regulate tobacco products under existing statutes, but the Supreme Court ruled that the agency had exceeded the authority granted by Congress.

(Currently, supporters of legalizing assisted death for the terminally ill are mobilizing in Hawaii, where Compassion and Choices believes it is already legal under existing statutes, and in Vermont, where a bill has been introduced in the Legislature).

Rep. 734, and other cases, that affirm the authority of a Federal court, under existing statutes, to discharge upon habeas corpus, from the custody of a state officer, one who is held in violation of the Federal Constitution for an alleged crime against a state.

If the assignment of some one to duty as gauger at the Hannis Distillery in the place of the plaintiff did not work his removal from office, a court of equity ought not to assume to control the discretion which, under existing statutes, the executive department has in all such matters.

He also proposed that existing statutes be codified under the bill, so that the case law that had arisen around the Statute of Anne was clarified.

She recommends criminalizing revenge porn, including online threats, in existing statutes against stalking and harassment, and making it easier for victims to sue under pseudonyms.

Here, in contrast, President Obama has taken steps to enforce existing statutes, not ignore them.

Typically, the executive branch argues to uphold existing statutes in court cases.

What are the existing statutes, licensure requirements and taxes in my app's industry?