Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act‚ 1994. Backdrop. Son preference and discrimination against the girl child is almost universal in India and manifests itself in many ways‚ including sex selection i.e. pre-birth elimination of female fetuses. This practice has led to decline in the Child Sex Ratio in most parts of India. The Child Sex ratio‚ which is the number of girls per 1000 boys in the 0-6 years age group has declined from 976 in 1961 to
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The Civil Partnership Act The Act The Civil Partnership Act became law in the UK on the 18 November 2004 and will come into force on 5 December 2005. The Act creates a new legal relationship of civil partnership that two people of the same sex can form by signing a registration document. It is only available to same sex couples‚ and is not the same as marriage. As three weeks’ notification has to be given before a partnership can be registered‚ the first partnership ceremonies cannot take place
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ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000 (R.A. 9003) The law emphasizes solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures‚ with the protection of public health and the environment as the primary goal. There are issues to be addressed here: (1.) lack of management system‚ (2.) lack of public support for environmental concerns‚ (3.) lack of public awareness through information and education. Solid waste management
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the Data Protection Act on e-marketing This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in March 2008. Topics • Advertising and marketing • Commercial The law relating to data protection is designed to regulate organisations known as data controllers who collect and process information relating to living and identifiable individuals and to provide those individuals with rights in relation to such data. In the UK the position is currently governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the
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Companies Act 2013 Introduction Companies Act‚ 2013 is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates incorporation of a company‚ responsibilities of a company‚ directors‚ and dissolution of a company. The 2013 Act is divided into 29 chapters containing 470 clauses as against 658 Sections in the Companies Act‚ 1956. The Act has replaced The Companies Act‚ 1956 (in a partial manner) after receiving the assent of the President of India on 29 August 2013. The Act came into
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Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) How the Affordable Care Act Effects United States Citizens The overarching theme of my paper is the controversial topic of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ commonly known as Obama Care‚ is now open in the U.S. and means there are many new changes that exist in the health care policies. The problem with these health care policies is that many Americans don’t have any health care insurance‚ and this is
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PHILIPPINE REBUPLIC ACT 2437 “AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ENTRY OF MINORS IN INTERNET CAFES OF COMPUTER RENTAL SHOP/COMPUTER GAMING SHOPS OR CENTERS‚ PHOVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER” SECTION I: SHORT TITLE This act shall also be known as the “INTERNET AND VIDEO-GAMING BAN FOR MINORS OF 2010” SECTION II: POLICY It is the policy of the state‚ consistent with the Constitution to promote the general welfare‚ to safeguard the interest of the in and out of school youth and
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The Sarbanes–Oxley Act known as the ’Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act ‚Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley‚ Sarbox or SOX‚ is a United States federal law which set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. It is named after sponsors U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley. The bill was enacted as a reaction to a number
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The Dodd-Frank Act was Signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21 2010. The act served to imbibe through its provisions a nexus of revolutionary
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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 The Telecommunications Act of 1996 can be termed as a major overhaul of the communications law in the past sixty-two years. The main aim of this Act is to enable any communications firm to enter the market and compete against one another based on fair and just practices ("The Telecommunications Act 1996‚" The Federal Communications Commission). This Act has the potential to radically change the lives of the people in a number of different ways. For instance
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