However, the new government of president Ernest Bai Koroma quickly amended the laws against drug trafficking in the country, updating the existing legislation from those inherited at independence in 1961, to address the international concerns, increasing punishment for offenders both in terms of higher, if not prohibitive, fines, lengthier prison terms and provision for possible extradition of offenders wanted elsewhere, including to the United States.

When determining the legal obligations of states, one party to the original treaty and one a party to the amended treaty, the states will only be bound by the terms they both agreed upon.

In contrast to a revocable trust, an irrevocable trust is one in which the terms of the trust cannot be amended or revised until the terms or purposes of the trust have been completed.

In Anti-UCITA states, the Uniform Commercial Code ( UCC ) has been amended to either specifically define software as a good ( thus making it fall under the UCC ), or to disallow contracts which specify that the terms of contract are subject to the laws of a state that has passed UCITA.

These sums were amended by the Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2 to substitute an expression given in terms of SDR's.

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 ( 15 U. S. C §§ 41-58, as amended ) started the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ), a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the president of the United States for seven-year terms.

A public radio study commissioned by the CPB and the Ford Foundation and conducted from 1968 – 1969 led to the establishment of National Public Radio, a public radio system under the terms of the amended Public Broadcasting Act.

In 1998, with one year until the scheduled presidential election when Sam Nujoma would not be allowed to participate in since he had already served the two terms that the constitution allows, SWAPO amended the constitution, allowing three terms instead of two.

In England, Scotland and Wales, protection of monuments can also be given by another process, additional to or separate from scheduling, taking the monument into state ownership or placing it under guardianship, classifying it as a Guardianship Monument under the terms of Section 12 of the 1979 Act ( as amended by the National Heritage Act 1983 in England, and by the Historic Environment ( Amendment ) ( Scotland ) Act 2011 ( reference below )) ( e. g. St Rule's Church in St Andrews ).

Swartz Creek amended its charter to allow Councilors to serve 4 year terms with at-large and precinct classes elected at staggered 2 years apart beginning in November 1978.

This act was amended on January 3, 1980 by Public Law 96-184, " The National Capital Transportation Amendment of 1979 " ( also known as the Stark-Harris Act ), which authorized additional funding of $ 1. 7 billion to permit the completion of of the system as provided under the terms of a full funding grant agreement executed with WMATA in July 1986, which required 25 % to be paid from local funds.

The Terms of Use have since been amended with terms that indicate such a suit would not be possible in the future:

It was not until 1966 when Oklahoma amended the Constitution to allow the Governor to serve two consecutive terms.

The constitution was amended again in 1972 to allow governors to serve consecutive terms but limited them to two consecutive terms at a time.

The state constitution was amended in a 1962 referendum so that beginning with the 1966 election, the governor would be elected to a four-year term ; in 1966, this was further amended to place a term limit of two consecutive terms.

The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines counties for the purposes of lieutenancies in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended.

The Metro Charter had been amended to limit city council members to two consecutive four-year terms, and was worded in such a way that it appeared to apply to mayors as well.

The Governor admitted to an affair with a female state employee in 2003 and did not seek reelection in 2004, becoming the first governor not to seek a second term since the West Virginia state constitution was amended in 1970 to allow consecutive terms.

Similarly, with the consent all the current member states, the terms of the convention may be amended.

This was amended under the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which restored the straits to Turkish territory — but allowed all foreign warships and commercial shipping to traverse the straits freely.

At the time of Cannon's election the Speaker of the House concurrently held the chair of the Rules Committee, which determined under what rules and restrictions bills could be debated, amended, and voted on, and in some cases whether they would be allowed on the floor at all.

He allowed gender-mixed schools, introduced evolution as an acceptable subject matter to discuss, amended divorce laws, and merged religious courts with civil ones.

Common law can be amended or repealed by Parliament ; murder, by way of example, carries a mandatory life sentence today, but had previously allowed the death penalty.

Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation said, on a " moment of silence " case, " Students were already allowed to pray, meditate, or reflect under the statute before it was amended.

The Constitution, which has been amended several times, has always allowed for a state of emergency ( literally estado de sitio, state of siege ), to be declared if the constitution or the authorities it creates are endangered by internal unrest or foreign attack.

The City of Ottawa amended its by-laws in December 2004 and in 2005, the venue was allowed to increase its seating capacity to 19, 153 and total attendance to 20, 500 when including standing room.

At the Conservative Party Conference on 4 October 2011, while arguing that the Human Rights Act needed to be amended, May gave the example of a foreign national who the courts deemed was allowed to remain in the UK, " because-and I am not making this up-he had a pet cat ".

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Sikhs had to face an amended Immigration Act in 1908 that required Sikhs to have $ 200 on arrival in Canada, and immigration would be allowed only if the passenger had arrived by continuous journey from India, which was impossible.

In 1961, The New York Trade School ’ s charter was amended, making it a “ technical institute ,” which allowed it to grant associate in applied science degrees and to operate as a two-year college.

The Supreme Court had rejected the entire patent application on the basis of these claims, but Canadian patent law allowed the amended claims to grant under pre-GATT rules and the patent remains valid until 2020.

The bill allowed rulers who violated the laws to be prosecuted, while the Sedition Act of 1948 was also amended to allow public criticism of the rulers.

In 1964, Paz Estenssoro had the Bolivian Constitution amended in order to be allowed to run for consecutive re-election, feeling that only he had the standing to keep the crumbling MNR together.

This law, also known as, “ The McCain-Feingold Bill ,” amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to close the legislative loophole that allowed for unlimited contributions by corporations, unions and individuals to national political parties.

The original AOC rules allowed ten varieties, and were amended to thirteen in 1936, and eighteen in 2009.

Subsequently for the 2007 Dutch Open, the rules were amended so that only players who were eligible to play in the BDO World Championship and World Masters would be allowed to enter.

Following the Armistice, when Wilson pressed the Senate to support the United States ' membership in the League of Nations, Kenyon became a member of the moderate faction known as the " mild reservationists ," who allowed for the possibility of membership so long as the treaty were amended to address a specified list of reservations held by those senators and pursued compromise solutions.

In February 2009, a superior court judge ruled that Paul's attorneys had failed to file a sworn declaration in the given period of time, but allowed them to file an amended complaint.

It amended Article 47 of the Constitution by inserting an additional clause which allowed prosecution and punishment of any person accused of ' genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes and other crimes under international law '.

In the European Union, equivalent exemptions are allowed under the terms of EC Directives 2001 / 82 / EC ( as amended by Directive 2004 / 28 / EC ) and 2001 / 83 / EC ( as amended by Directives 2002 / 98 / EC, 2003 / 63 / EC, 2004 / 24 / EC and 2004 / 27 / EC ).

Even worse, neither the original nor amended provisions allowed the legislature to make any exceptions to the general usury law, as happened in other states.