Green pointed out that the British Factory Acts had already limited the liberty of industrial capitalists and that legislation requiring compulsory schooling had circumscribed the freedom of parents.

During the 1980s ten major Acts gradually reduced the autonomy of trade unions and the legality of industrial action.

As the industrial revolution developed, accidents from a hazardous working environment were a front line target for labour legislation, as a series of Factories Acts, from 1802, required minimum standards in workplace cleanliness, ventilation, fencing machinery, not to mention restrictions on child labour and limits to the working day.

This followed a number of Acts of Parliament allowing the sale, and the establishment of a water supply from the Mournes to the growing industrial city of Belfast.

See also the Treason Act 1842 ( assaulting the Queen ), the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989 ( espionage ), the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 and the Terrorism Acts.

The criminal law consolidation Acts 1861 removed various capital offences from the British statute-books, leaving only five: murder, high treason, espionage, " piracy with violence " ( piracy with intent to kill or cause serious harm ), and offences under the Dockyards etc.

" There are several such books in the New Testament apocrypha, including the Acts of Thomas, the Acts of Andrew, and the Acts of John.

" Some scholars theorize that the " we " passages in Acts are just such " handed down " quotations from some earlier source who accompanied Paul on his travels.

Other theories about Acts ' sources are more controversial.

Supporters of this view believe that “ to a hypothetical outside reader, presents Christianity as enlightened, harmless, even beneficent .” Some believe that through this work, Luke intended to show the Roman Empire that the root of Christianity is within Judaism so that the Christians “ may receive the same freedom to practice their faith that the Roman Empire afforded the Jews .” Those who support the view of Luke ’ s work as political apology generally draw evidence from the facts that Christians are found innocent of committing any political crime ( Acts 25: 25 ; 19: 37 ; 19: 40 ) and that Roman officials ’ views towards Christians are generally positive.

Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

Supporters of this view believe that the Roman Empire does not threaten the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ because Luke “ simply recognizes its existence as a political reality, but he is clear that God is greater .” Throughout Acts, believers like Paul are being charged with spiritual crimes concerning “ teaching against Israel, the law, and the temple ” ( Acts 21: 21, 28 ; 23: 29 ; 24: 5 ; 25: 8, 19 ; 28: 17 ) or being a civil disturbance ( Acts 16: 20, 21: 38, 25: 8 ) rather than political charges.

Here Acts 12: 21-23 is largely parallel to Antiquities 19. 8. 2 ; ( 2 ) the cause of the Egyptian pseudo-prophet in Acts 21: 37f and in Josephus ( War 2. 13. 5 ; Antiquities 20. 8. 6 ); ( 3 ) the curious resemblance as to the order in which Theudas and Judas of Galilee are referred to in both ( Acts 5: 36f ; Antiquities 20. 5. 1 ).

Like most biblical books, there are differences between the earliest surviving manuscripts of Acts.

As in the Gospel of Luke, there are numerous references to the Holy Spirit throughout Acts.

In Acts, attention is given to the religious persecution of the early Christians, as in the case of Stephen's martyrdom and the numerous examples are Paul's persecution for his preaching of Christianity.

These speeches, which are given in full, have been the source of debates over the historical accuracy of Acts.

The New Testament verses typically referenced are Matthew 26: 30 ; Acts 16: 25 ; Romans 15: 9 ; 1 Corinthians 14: 15 ; Ephesians 5: 19 ; Colossians 3: 16 ; Hebrews 2: 12, 13: 15 ; James 5: 13, which reveal a command for all Christians to sing.

In harmony with Paul's notices are the statements in Acts that Apollos was a highly educated Alexandrian Jew, who " spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, even though he knew only the baptism of John.

Scholars generally prefer Paul's account over that in Acts.

Neither should it be confused with the surviving Acts of Barnabas, which narrates an account of Barnabas ' travels, martyrdom and burial, and which is generally thought to have been written in Cyprus sometime after 431.

Now, the Queen of Australia is generally bound by constitutional convention to accept the advice of the Australian Prime Minister and state Premiers about Australian and state constitutional matters respectively, however the practice of Premiers advising the monarch has only become the convention since the passage of the Australia Acts ( 1986 ).

Another criticism of image veneration is found in the non-canonical 2nd-century Acts of John ( generally considered a gnostic work ), in which the Apostle John discovers that one of his followers has had a portrait made of him, and is venerating it:

Liberals generally favoured land reform in the early years, culminating in the Robertson Land Acts.

Traces of this process are generally found in the Notes accompanying the " lead section " associated with the popular name, and in cross-reference tables that identify Code sections corresponding to particular Acts of Congress.

The Code generally contains only those Acts of Congress known as public laws ( although the notes sometimes contain related Executive Orders and other presidential documents ).

The legacy of the Neutrality Acts in the 1930s was widely regarded as having been generally negative: they made no distinction between aggressor and victim, treating both equally as " belligerents "; and they limited the US government's ability to aid Britain and France against Nazi Germany.

10: 10 ; also Acts 23: 5, and for his generally making use of the help of an amanuensis ( comp.

Cities under Royal Charter are not subject to municipal Acts of parliament applied generally to other municipalities, and instead are governed by legislation applicable to each city individually.

This is generally referred to as the " Navigation Acts ", and ( with some amendments ) remained in force for nearly two centuries.

Since Adolf von Harnack proposed very early dates for the synoptics and Acts ( c 1910 ), the Tübingen School has been generally abandoned.

The Precedence Act ( which technically applies only to determine seating in the House of Lords Chamber ) and the Acts of Union with Scotland and Ireland generally set precedence for members of the nobility.

A fifth act, the Quebec Act, enlarged the boundaries of what was then the Province of Quebec and instituted reforms generally favorable to the French Catholic inhabitants of the region ; although unrelated to the other four Acts, it was passed in the same legislative session and seen by the colonists as one of the Intolerable Acts.

The first are Acts for the benefit of individuals ( known as Private or Personal Acts ) which have historically often dealt with divorces or granting British nationality to foreigners, but in modern terms are generally limited to authorising marriages which would otherwise not be legal.

John 5: 4 is omitted, and the text of Acts is nearly one-tenth longer than the generally received text.

Now therefore PURSUANT to Article 149 of the Constitution BE IT ENACTED ...; This recital is not found in other Acts generally thought of as restrictive such as the Dangerous Drugs Act, the Official Secrets Act, the Printing Presses and Publications Act and the University and University Colleges Act.

The plenary manuscripts also generally contain an " Acts of Clement " work that roughly corresponds to the narrative or " epitome " story of Clement of Rome, known to specialists in pseudo-Clementine literature.

Her voice was considered the ' glue ' to the 2nd Chapter of Acts sound and her harmony parts were generally the most difficult to sing.

Aramaic Primacists generally respond that these sources are late compared to the account in Q, as the Mishnah, the base document of the Babylonian Talmud was compiled in 200, where the Acts of Peter and Andrew is a 3rd century work and therefore the original mistranslation of גמלא ( gamlâ ) predates and is potentially the source of these subsequent paraphrases.

The Belgian Anti-Racism Law, in full, the Law of 30 July 1981 on the Punishment of Certain Acts inspired by Racism or Xenophobia, is a law against hate speech and discrimination passed by the Federal Parliament of Belgium in 1981 which made certain acts motivated by racism or xenophobia illegal.

In 1824 / 5 the Combination Acts, which made " combining " or organising in order to gain better working conditions illegal, had been repealed, so trade unions were no longer illegal.

Other British commonwealth Acts on half-castes and Aborigines enacted between 1909 and 1943, were also in theory called Welfare Acts, in statutes passed deprived these people of basic civil, political and economic rights and made it illegal to enter public places such as pubs, government institutions, marry or meet relatives.

During his tenure, crown agent Edward Randolph was in the colony, attempting to enforce the Navigation Acts, under which certain types of trade involving the colony were illegal.

He was also accused of violating the Navigation Acts ( which he was, as governor, supposed to enforce ) in what his opponents described as " illegal and self-serving commercial activities ".

However, by the time of the Enclosure Acts, most of lowland Britain was already enclosed by processes such as assarting or illegal, but tolerated, piecemeal enclosure.

Acts are made illegal per se by statute, constitution, or case law.

Acts of Sub-mayhem are generally not of illegal nature and are usually low profile, although some groups have taken it a little further.