In many cases, such as the cabinet-directed prohibition on foreign ownership for broadcasters and the legislated principle of the predominance of Canadian content, these acts and orders often leave the CRTC less room to change policy than critics sometimes suggest, and the result is that the commission is often the lightning rod for policy criticism that could arguably be better directed at the government itself.

Despite the democratic constitution, the government under Chiang was a one-party state, consisting almost completely of mainlanders ; the " Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion " greatly enhanced executive powers, and the goal of retaking mainland China allowed the KMT to maintain a monopoly on power and the prohibition of opposition parties.

However, courts and various levels of government have indicated that the right is not without limit, and restrictions such as a prohibition of certain persons from owning or handling a gun ( convicted felons, mentally ill persons, persons under a restraining order ), a ban on certain types of ammunition ( armor-piercing, incendiary / tracer, explosive ), registration and restriction of certain types of firearms ( automatic weapons, short-barrelled shotguns, certain types of modifications ), and licensing requirements for possession or for public carry, have often passed judicial scrutiny ( although some of these points remain untested and others are currently under challenge ).

That constitution delineates mechanisms for amending it, but it also declares eight articles immutable and unalterable and not subject to change, which include a guarantees of a republican form of government, and an explicit prohibition against presidential candidacy of anyone who has been president previously at any time or for any reason.

" So, a legal prohibition against competition is often advocated and rates are not left to the market but are regulated by the government.

Influenced by events in the United States, the government of Sir William Hearst introduced prohibition of alcoholic drinks in 1916 with the passing of the Ontario Temperance Act.

However, both the Church of England and the largely Irish Catholic Church rejected prohibition as an intrusion of government into the church's domain, while the growing labor movement saw capitalism rather than alcohol as the enemy.

During the Qing Dynasty, Shanghai became one of the most important sea ports in the Yangtze Delta region as a result of two important central government policy changes: First, Emperor Kangxi ( 1662 – 1723 ) in 1684 reversed the previous Ming Dynasty prohibition on ocean going vessels – a ban that had been in force since 1525.

In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad,, the Supreme Court ruled that ( 1 ) the Sixteenth Amendment removes the Pollock requirement that certain income taxes ( such as taxes on income " derived from real property " that were the subject of the Pollock decision ), be apportioned among the states according to population ; ( 2 ) the federal income tax statute does not violate the Fifth Amendment's prohibition against the government taking property without due process of law ; ( 3 ) the federal income tax statute does not violate the Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 requirement that excises, also known as indirect taxes, be imposed with geographical uniformity.

Unable to limit what they called " government by injunction " in the courts, labor and its allies persuaded the Congress of the United States in 1932 to pass the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which imposed so many procedural and substantive limits on the federal courts ' power to issue injunctions that it was an effective prohibition on federal court injunctions in cases arising out of labor disputes.

However, both the Church of England and the largely Irish Catholic Church rejected prohibition as an intrusion of government into the church's domain, while the growing labour movement saw capitalism rather than alcohol as the enemy.

Proliferation of movable type was also obstructed by a " Confucian prohibition on the commercialization of printing " restricted the distribution of books produced using the new method to the government.

Temperance movements typically criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence ( teetotalism ), or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.

Lang then contended that the Act was rendered null and void by contravening the 1833 prohibition of slavery throughout the British Empire ; the Premier held that the actions of the Lyons government deprived the State of New South Wales of paying the wages of State employees and that this necessarily constituted an ( illegal ) state of slavery.

This conflicted with the government ’ s need for the tax revenue generated by sales, leading to long intervals promoting manufacturing and consumption, punctuated by brief periods of severe restrictions and outright prohibition.

Although the rest of this article speaks to judicial processes, a writ of prohibition may be directed by any court of record ( i. e., higher than a misdemeanor court ) toward any official body, whether a court or a county, city or town government, that is within the court's jurisdiction.

His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended.

government ( the anti-Sandinista guerrillas known as the “ contras ”) led to a prohibition on such assistance in a continuing appropriations bill.

The government brought in women's suffrage, instituted prohibition, and combated political corruption before his unexpected death in 1918.

The position of the Harper government is notably in defiance of credible evidence of the harm caused by the decades of drug prohibition, contrary to many US states ( most notably Texas ), which are relaxing drug laws.

" However its platform calls for government subsidies for alternative energy, increased government spending on day care, education and medical care, tougher labour laws, the regulation of " casinos and bordellos ", the imposition of " strict limits on animal experiments ", and the continued prohibition of drugs " more harmful " than marijuana.

Brushaber's contention was that statute enacting the tax violated the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on the government taking property without due process of law and that the statute also violated due process by exempting certain kinds of income.

The Revenue Act does not violate the Fifth Amendment's prohibition against the government taking property without due process of law.

Reportedly, there is corruption related to narcotics in parts of the government, military and police.

The government acted to modernize the legal and penal systems, attempted to stabilize prices, amortize debts, reform the banking and currency systems, build railroads and highways, improve public health facilities, legislate against traffic in narcotics, and augment industrial and agricultural production.

The Act's applicability in prosecuting doctors who prescribe narcotics to addicts was successfully challenged in Linder v. United States in 1925, as Justice McReynolds ruled that the federal government has no power to regulate medical practice.

As of early 1994, there were thirty-three ministerial portfolios: commerce ; communications ; culture ; defence ; defence production ; education ; environment ; finance and economic affairs ; food and agriculture ; foreign affairs ; health ; housing ; information and broadcasting ; interior ; Kashmiri affairs and Northern Areas ; law and justice ; local government ; minority affairs ; narcotics control ; parliamentary affairs ; petroleum and natural resources production ; planning and development ; railways ; religious affairs ; science and technology ; social welfare ; special education ; sports ; state and frontier regions ; tourism ; water and power ; women's development ; and youth affairs.

Laíno's charges of government corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, human rights violations, and inadequate financial compensation from Brazil under the terms of the Treaty of Itaipú earned him Stroessner's wrath.

In the original context, narcoterrorism is understood to mean the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of a government or a society through violence and intimidation, and to hinder the enforcement of anti-drug laws by the systematic threat or use of such violence.

The Iranian Ministry of the Interior gave nebulous, arbitrary reasons for disqualifying the majority of the candidates, including narcotics addiction or involvement in drug-smuggling, connections to the Shah's pre-revolutionary government, lack of belief in or insufficient practice of Islam, being " against " the Islamic Republic, or having connections to foreign intelligence services.

The U. S. government then ordered further intervention in Bolivia as a part of their War on Drugs to destroy the illegal narcotics trade ; as U. S. President George H. W.

The organization, which has direct links to the Chinese central government, is involved in counterfeiting, gambling, narcotics, clandestine immigration, prostitution, smuggling and extortion.

Flush with success, he follows radio personality " zero "' s suggestion to use the real bomb to extort the government into allowing the Rolling Stones to play in Japan ( despite being barred from doing so due to Keith Richards being arrested for narcotics possession ).

The American Mafia's longtime association with the government of Cuba concerning gambling interests such as casinos along with their legitimate business investments on the Caribbean island put them in a position to use their political and underworld connections to make Cuba one of their narcotics importation layovers or smuggling points where the drugs could be stored and then placed on sea vessels before they continued on to Canada and United States via Montreal and Florida among the ports used by Luciano's associates.

The United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control ( also known as the Senate Narcotics Caucus ) was created to monitor and encourage the U. S. government and private programs seeking to expand international cooperation against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking, and promote international compliance with narcotics control treaties, including eradication.

Indeed, when government agents have reason to suspect ( but not probable cause to believe ) that, for instance, a traveler's luggage contains narcotics, it has a substantial interest in confirming or denying that suspicion.

In 2003, he " threatened to cancel certain business deals with the French government " if the narcotics investigation of Nayef bin Sultan bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan continued.

The remainder of Gullin ’ s career was blighted by his own narcotics problems, and sometimes he survived on artists ’ grants from the Swedish government.

In 1984, Polisi was arrested on narcotics charges and became an government witness.

The Cape Verdean government aims to make the Armed Forces more flexible and able to deal with terrorism, drug trafficking, disaster relief, and control its territorial waters.

Allegations emerged of drug trafficking reaching into the upper echelons of government, as it had done under the military regimes of the 1980s and early 1990s ( illegal drug trade in Haiti ).

Despite the high priority given by the Dutch government to fighting illegal drug trafficking, the Netherlands continue to be an important transit point for drugs entering Europe.

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.

The UAE plays a growing role as a drug trafficking center due to its proximity to southwest Asian producing countries and the bustling free trade zone in Dubai, as a result UAE have one of the strongest anti-drug law enforcements, and the penalty of drug position is very severe, so the government of UAE makes sure that tourists are warned of UAE drug laws before entering the country.

The United States Department of State publishes the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, identifying countries as either Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List or Tier 3, depending upon three factors: "( 1 ) The extent to which the country is a country of origin, transit, or destination for severe forms of trafficking ; ( 2 ) The extent to which the government of the country does not comply with the TVPA's minimum standards including, in particular, the extent of the government's trafficking-related corruption ; and ( 3 ) The resources and capabilities of the government to address and eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons.

* In late 1981 he was arrested by the Czechoslovakian government upon leading a conference in Prague that lacked government authorization, and charged with the " production and trafficking of drugs ", which he claimed were planted as he visited Kafka's grave.

Rep. John Conyers ( D-Michigan ) expressed concern that the only US government agency to publicly recognize the Haitian junta's role in drug trafficking was the DEA, and that despite a wealth of evidence provided by the DEA proving the junta's drug connections, the Clinton administration downplayed this factor rather than use it as a hedge against the junta ( as the US government had done against Manuel Noriega ).

Haitian media reported that President Michel Martelly ’ s government had indicted Aristide for corruption and drug trafficking during his rule, immediately triggering anger among his supporters.

These included greatly increasing access to health care and education for the general population ; increasing adult literacy and protections for those accused of crimes ; improving training for judges, prohibiting human trafficking, disbanding the Haitian military ( which primarily had been used against the Haitian people ), establishing improved human rights and political freedom ; doubling the minimum wage, instituting land reform and assistance to small farmers, providing boat construction training to fishermen, establishing a food distribution network to provide low cost food to the poor at below market prices, building low-cost housing, and attempting to reduce the level of government corruption.

The Europeans pulled together behind the UK and the best the Africans could get was a call for support for the New African Initiative, debt relief, funds to combat AIDS, the recovery of stolen government funds transferred to the West by former dictators and their cohorts, and an end to the trafficking in people.

However, the most immediate concern was a set of government surveillance tapes that featured mobster Angelo Ruggiero discussing heroin trafficking.

However, in the seven years since the law was passed, the administration has identified only 1, 362 victims of human trafficking brought into the United States since 2000, nowhere near the 50, 000 or more per year the government had estimated.

The annual country human rights report from the United States Department of State pinpoints some involvement by government officials and Moldovan law enforcement in human trafficking.

With high levels of government corruption and involvement in illegal cocaine trafficking, the new president's administration was marked by human rights abuses, and for Evo, a " foundational event in his relationship with politics " occurred in 1981, when a campesino ( coca grower ) was accused of being a cocaine trafficker by drunken soldiers, who proceeded to beat him up, spray him with gasoline and then burn him to death.

The 2012 " Trafficking in Persons Report " issued by Dr. Gilly McKenzie of the UN Trafficking state department repeats the claims of previous years that Estonia is " source, transit, and destination " for adult human trafficking, and that Estonia fails to comply with their minimum standards for eliminating trafficking ; however, it now adds that the government " is making significant efforts to do so ".

Trafficking is now treated as a serious matter by the Estonian government, which enacted a law in March, 2012, criminalizing trafficking in persons with penalties up to 15 years ' imprisonment.