The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as set out by the constitution, whereby the Governor exercises the duties of head of state in the absence of the monarch and the Chief Executive acts as the head of government, with an elected Legislative Assembly to propose new laws and hold the executive to account.

The Governor normally acts only on the advice of the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands, which is composed of three Members of the Legislative Assembly elected by the Assembly to serve on the Council every year, the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and the Governor, who acts as presiding officer.

The Attorney General is also a member of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy and acts as presiding officer during Speaker elections in the Legislative Assembly, and may attend all meetings of the Assembly.

In October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force, but allowing the establishment of a special temporary military to counter acts of " external aggression.

The National Security ( Legislative Provisions ) Bill was tabled in early 2003 to replace the existing laws regarding treason and sedition, and to introduce new laws to prohibit secessionist and subversive acts and theft of state secrets, and to prohibit political organisations from establishing overseas ties.

Once the captioning of the acts has concluded, the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Council withdraw, leaving members of the House of Keys for a session of their house.

The Premier acts as a representative for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Members of the Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) are in turn the representatives of the people of Alberta.

He tried to set up annual reviews for grammar schools to make sure they were following Church of England doctrines, and tried to introduce Andrew Bell's education system from Britain, although these acts were vetoed by the Legislative Assembly.

Legislative acts of parliament in conflict with the Constitution are subsequently annulled by the Constitutional Court.

While governing the entire ACT, the Legislative Assembly also acts as a municipal government for the city of Canberra.

The Assistant Secretary advises the Secretary of State on legislative matters, directs the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, and acts as the Department's principal liaison with the Congress.

The Tribunat could also ask the Senate to overturn " the lists of eligibles, the acts of the Legislative Body and those of the government " on account of unconstitutionality, but the Tribunat's opinion was, once again, non-binding.

One of his last official acts was to support the Legislative Council's request that the colony's name be changed to Tasmania.

* The Legislative Council: essentially the rubber-stamp Parliament, it was made up of People Commissioners ( known elsewhere as MPs ), who were sometimes elected, as individual members of the party, and always on the party platform.

Modern democratic states with bicameral parliamentary systems are sometimes equipped with a senate, often distinguished from an ordinary parallel lower house, known variously as the " House of Representatives ", " House of Commons ", " Chamber of Deputies ", " National Assembly ", " Legislative Assembly ", or " House of Assembly ", by electoral rules.

Legislative bodies and interest groups sometimes rationalize the criminalization of consensual activity because they feel it offends cultural norms, or because one of the parties to the activity is considered a " victim " despite their informed consent .< ref > See Chapter 5 of Dennis J. Baker, The Right Not to be Criminalized: Demarcating Criminal Law's Authority ( Ashgate, 2011 < http :// www. ashgate. com / isbn / 9781409427650 ></ ref >

Although sometimes referred to as a " parliament ", the Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory, is a branch of government, while only the National Assembly of the Republic of China ( now abolished ), with the power to amend the constitution and formerly to elect the President and Vice President, could be considered a parliament.

The Girondists ( in French: Girondins, and sometimes Brissotins ) were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution.

In 1837 he was appointed to the Legislative Council and while he sometimes supported reform he was generally a critic and opponent of responsible government and the introduction of party government.

Beginning on 10 August 1792, when the constitutional reign of Louis XVI was suspended by the Legislative Assembly, these priests, as well émigrés and their parents, had been expelled, deported, jailed, and sometimes murdered by radical revolutionary sans-culottes.

The Christian Democratic Party has generally had two ( sometimes three ) sitting Members in the Legislative Council ( MLCs ) at any one time.

The Palestinian Legislative Council, ( sometimes referred to as the Palestinian Parliament ) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 132 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza.

The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe ( sometimes styled Brownhill-Ivanhoe ) was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia.

Leverett George DeVeber ( sometimes spelled De Veber ) ( February 10, 1849 – July 9, 1925 ) was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assemblies of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, minister in the government of Alberta, and member of the Senate of Canada.

Richard Robson ( 15 March 1867 – 30 November 1928 ), sometimes referred to as Dick Robson, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly who resigned in 1900 after making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against the government of the day.

In the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, a Member of the Legislative Assembly ( lower house ) may also use the post-nominal " MP ".

Members of the Legislative Council ( upper house ) use the post-nominal " MLC ".

Although the elected members of the Legislative Yuan did not have the majority to defeat legislation, they were able to use the Legislature Yuan as a platform to express political dissent.

In 2007 the Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform in Ontario, Canada, also recommended the use of MMP in future elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, with a ballot similar to New Zealand's, and with the closed province-wide lists used in New Zealand but with only 30 % compensatory members.

These first came into use strictly as party designations after the assembling of the National Convention ( 20 September 1792 ), to which a large proportion of the deputies from the Gironde who had sat in the Legislative Assembly were returned.

Beijing had expected that the use of functional constituencies with limited electorates would be used to elect this council, however Patten extended the definition of functional constituencies and thus virtually every Hong Kong subject was able to vote for the so-called indirectly elected members ( see Politics of Hong Kong ) of the Legislative Council.

In 1840 Rowland Hill proposed a uniform rate for Great Britain that could be prepaid by postage stamps, and on May 25, 1849, the Legislative Assembly of Canada resolved to adopt the use of stamps in the Province of Canada.

The term, which was first used during the session of the Legislative Assembly, did not come into general use until 1793.

In the 2009 Legislative Session, the state of Montana passed a bill expanding greywater use into multi-family and commercial buildings.

The government will be required to issue a blue paper containing the draft legislation when it presents the new bill to the Hong Kong Legislative Council (" Legco "), but this would leave no time for the public to voice its concerns, and the government may use its unelected majority in Legco to rush the bill through.

Because the majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan were held by delegates elected in 1947, pending the promised retaking of mainland China, the Tangwai movement had no possibility of seizing power, but they were able to use the legislature as a forum for debating the ruling Kuomintang.

Guidance on the use of Legislative Consent Motions for Whitehall Departments is set out in Devolution Guidance Note 10.

Legislative Council elections use same full preferential voting used for the Australian Federal House of Representatives.

The legislation authorized the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, to “ employ competent persons to prepare such indexes, digests, and compilations of laws as may be required for Congress and other official use ...” ( The intent behind the creation of the agency can be derived from U. S. Senate, Committee on the Library, Legislative Drafting Bureau and Reference Division, 62d Cong., 3d sess., 1913, S.

As such, the Act also contained measures banning the French language from official use in the Legislative Assembly.

In 2005, an ad hoc National Assembly passed constitutional amendments ruling that elections for the Legislative Yuan change to use of parallel voting, aiding the formation of a two-party system.

Originally built for the Legislative Council in 1843, it has been in continuous use since 1856.

They believe that these conspirators use the power of occult sciences ( numerology ), symbols ( Eye of Providence ), rituals ( Masonic degrees ), monuments ( National Mall landmarks ), buildings ( Manitoba Legislative Building ) and facilities ( Denver International Airport ) to advance their plot to rule the world.

He believed that the House of Representatives ’ investigation through the use of a special prosecutor “ out of a bitter power dispute between the President and the Legislative Branch .”

The lieutenant governor, who is ex officio a member and the Chancellor of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and remains a member following his or her departure from viceregal office, then makes all appointments into the fellowship's single grade of membership by letters patent bearing the viceroyal sign-manual and the Great Seal of the province ; thereafter, the new Members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters SOM and have their portrait added to the Athabasca Gallery at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

The OBP ’ s ability to use the Legislative Chambers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the capital city of Victoria was threatened by those offended by the OBP allowing Asian members to attend.

Members of the Legislative Assembly use the suffix MP in New South Wales and Queensland.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands use the suffix MLA.