This system was substantially modified by the 19th-century Poor Law Amendment Act, which introduced the system of workhouses.

A second decree, ‘ Decree No. 4 of 1967 ’, modified the Banking Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the Republic of Biafra.

The 1807 Act was modified and supplemented by the fifteenth Congress.

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, special educational support is limited to children and youth falling into one of a dozen disability categories ( e. g., specific learning disability ) and adds that, to be eligible, students may require both special education ( modified instruction ) and related services ( supports such as speech and language pathology ).

In 2006, the Congress modified the Insurrection Act as part of the 2007 Defense Authorization Bill ( repealed as of 2008 ).

In Canada, the Riot Act has been incorporated in a modified form into ss.

Article 5 of the Quebec Public Education Act had been modified in 1997 so as to allow minority religious groups to be allowed religious education classes of their faith where their number were large enough, but this was removed in 2000.

In 2004, the Joint Committee ( of both the House of Commons and House of Lords ) tasked with overseeing the drafting of the proposed Civil Contingencies Bill, published its first report, in which, amongst other things, it suggested amending the bill's clauses that grant Cabinet Ministers the power " to disapply or modify any Act of Parliament " as overly wide, and that the bill should be modified to preclude changes to the following Acts, which, it suggested, formed " the fundamental parts of constitutional law " of the United Kingdom ( names are shown as they appear in Hansard: ):

With the Aire and Calder Canal rebuilding its main line, the Calder and Hebble sought an Act of Parliament to effectively abandon the river, but this was modified, as the needs of mill owners and others who owned property on the river banks were recognised.

The law was first fully codified in the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908, it was modified by the Allotments Act 1922 and subsequent Allotments Acts up until 1950.

The system was modified also in subsequent legislation, particularly the City and County Management ( Amendment ) Act, 1955, which made some adjustments to give greater power to the council members, and the Local Government Act 1985, which provided for the council – manager system in Galway City once detached for local government purposes from Galway County.

Provisions of the 1933 Banking Act that were later repealed or replaced include ( 1 ) Sections 5 ( c ) and 19, which required an owner of more than 50 % of a Federal Reserve System member bank ’ s stock to receive a permit from ( and submit to inspection by ) the Federal Reserve Board to vote that stock ( replaced by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ); ( 2 ) Section 8, which established the Federal Open Market Committee ( FOMC ) made up of representatives from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks ( replaced by the Federal Reserve Board-dominated FOMC established by the Banking Act of 1935 ); ( 3 ) Section 11 ( b ), which prohibited interest payments on demand deposits ( repealed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ) and authorized the Federal Reserve Board to limit interest rates on time deposits ( phased out by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 ), both of which interest limitations were incorporated into Regulation Q, and ( 4 ) Section 12, which prohibited Federal Reserve System member bank loans to their executive officers and required the repayment of outstanding loans ( replaced by the 1935 Banking Act ’ s regulation of such loans and modified by later legislation ).

Senator McCarran introduced the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 that was passed by the U. S. Congress and which modified a great deal of law to restrict civil liberties in the name of security.

The provisions of the Act of Uniformity 1662 were modified by the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872.

The number of Associate Justices is determined by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869.

Nonetheless, the Court stopped short of compelling Madison ( by writ of mandamus ) to hand over Marbury's commission, instead holding that the provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that enabled Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court was itself unconstitutional, since it purported to extend the Court's original jurisdiction beyond that which Article III established.

During this lame-duck session, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801.

On March 3, just before his term was to end, Adams, in an attempt to stymie the incoming Democratic-Republican Congress and administration, appointed 16 Federalist circuit judges and 42 Federalist justices of the peace to offices created by the Judiciary Act of 1801.

The newly sworn-in Republican 7th Congress immediately set about voiding the Judiciary Act of 1801 with their own Judiciary Act of 1802 which reversed the act of 1801 so that the Judicial branch once again operated under the dictates of the original Judiciary Act of 1789.

Marbury's argument is that in the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress granted the Supreme Court original jurisdiction over petitions for writs of mandamus.

Marshall first examined the Judiciary Act of 1789 and determined that the Act purported to give the Supreme Court original jurisdiction over writs of mandamus.

Consequently, Marshall found that the Constitution and the Judiciary Act conflict.

" In denying his request, the Court held that it lacked jurisdiction because Section 13 of the Judiciary Act passed by Congress in 1789, which authorized the Court to issue such a writ, was unconstitutional and thus invalid.

They argue that Marshall selectively quoted the Judiciary Act of 1789, interpreting it to grant the Supreme Court the power to hear writs of mandamus on original jurisdiction.

* James M. O ' Fallon, The Case of Benjamin More: A Lost Episode in the Struggle over Repeal of the 1801 Judiciary Act, 11 43 ( 1993 ).

* 1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.

He repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801, which removed nearly all of Adams ' " midnight judges " from office.

The Article III courts, which are also known as " constitutional courts ", were first created by the Judiciary Act of 1789.

The Engraving Copyright Act 1734 extended copyright to cover engravings, statutes in 1789 and 1792 involved cloth, sculptures were copyrighted in 1914 and the performance of plays and music were covered by copyright in 1833 and 1842 respectively.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 called for the appointment of six justices, and as the nation's boundaries grew, Congress added justices to correspond with the growing number of judicial circuits: seven in 1807, nine in 1837, and ten in 1863.

* September 24 – The Judiciary Act of 1789 establishes the federal judiciary and the United States Marshals Service.

The War Department, headed by the Secretary of War, was created by Act of Congress in 1789 and was responsible for both the Army and Navy until the founding of a separate Department of the Navy in 1798.

The office of Attorney General was established by Congress by the Judiciary Act of 1789.

The Attorney General was initially a one-person, part-time job, established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, but this grew with the bureaucracy.

It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue.

The tariff has been used as a political tool to establish an independent nation ; for example, the United States Tariff Act of 1789, signed specifically on July 4, was called the " Second Declaration of Independence " by newspapers because it was intended to be the economic means to achieve the political goal of a sovereign and independent United States.

After half a century of largely unrestricted parliamentary rule proved just as ruinous, King Gustav III seized back royal power in the coup d ' état of 1772, and later once again abolished the privy council under the Union and Security Act in 1789, which, in turn, was rendered void in 1809 when Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in a coup and the constitution of 1809 was put in its place.

Section 35 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat.

The office of U. S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States though second to the U. S. Customs Service as the oldest federal agency ( July 1789 ); it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789.

* 1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.

In the same year the Act of Parliament establishing the British Library was passed, separating the collection of manuscripts and printed books from the British Museum.

* Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the Civil Rights Commission.

* Civil Rights Act of 1960, establishing federal inspection of local voter registration polls.

The follow-up album entitled Act II-The Father of Death was released in 2009 and serves as a prequel to Act I by establishing the history of Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, and how the world came under the rule of Wily.

The Act became law in May 1854, establishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

* 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

* 1934 – New Deal: U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

* 1965 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

* 1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.

Parliament appointed a committee, led by William Ewart, on Public Libraries to consider the necessity of establishing libraries through the nation: In 1849 their report noted the poor condition of library service, it recommended the establishment of free public libraries all over the country, and it led to the Public Libraries Act in 1850, which allowed all cities with populations exceeding 10, 000 to levy taxes for the support of public libraries.

* 1854 – The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

They commenced proceedings in the High Court in 1982, in response to the Queensland Amendment Act 1982 establishing a system of making land grants on trust for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, which the Murray Islanders refused to accept.

* 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The British North America Act took effect on July 1, 1867, establishing the Dominion of Canada, initially with four provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

* 2004 – In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution which, however, failed to be ratified by all signatory countries and therefore never entered into force.

On June 30, 1800, the authorities of Glasgow, Scotland successfully petitioned the government to pass the Glasgow Police Act establishing the City of Glasgow Police.

" Keating's legislative program included establishing the Australian National Training Authority ( ANTA ), a review of the Sex Discrimination Act, and native title rights of Australia's indigenous peoples following the Mabo High Court decision.

Jenkins was principal sponsor, in 1959, of the bill which became the liberalising Obscene Publications Act, responsible for establishing the " liable to deprave and corrupt " criterion as a basis for a prosecution of suspect material and for specifying literary merit as a possible defence.

Following the Coronation, two important Acts were passed through parliament: the Act of Uniformity and the Act of Supremacy, establishing the Protestant Church of England and creating Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church of England ( Supreme Head, the title used by her father and brother, was seen as inappropriate for a woman ruler ).

Accordingly, the Organic Act, establishing the University of California, was signed into law by Governor Henry H. Haight ( Low's successor ) on March 23, 1868.