and Obstruct Terrorism act of 2001 otherwise known as the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by president George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. This act is part of the foreign and defense policy area. “The foreign and defense policy area includes organizations that focus on relations between the United States and the rest of the world. Organizations that national security initiatives and other defense-related policies‚ as well as individual countries‚ are included.” This act was enacted by the 107th
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Companies Act‚ 2013 Key highlights and analysis Significant changes and implications Companies Act‚ 2013 1 Contents 04 | Introduction 06 | Key definitions and concepts 10 | Setting up of a company 16 | Management and administration 18 | Directors 24 | Accounts and audit 30 | Dividend 32 | Compromises‚ arrangements and amalgamations 34 | Revival and rehabilitation of sick companies 36 | Corporate social responsibility 38 | Implications on private companies 40 | Other areas
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meetings and battles happened. But The Acts‚ protests against the acts and the Declaration of Independence were most important. All of those events had led to the American Revolution. To begin with‚ Great Britain made tax laws for the Colonies‚ the Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts.The first tax act was the Sugar Act. This was a tax on molasses‚ sugar and wine. This tax was made because Britain was losing money. The next act was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a tax on paper and documents
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2013 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its Consequences Native American’s existed in the New World long before the Europeans “discovered” it. But a few decades after they arrived‚ they began to remove Native Americans from their rightful homeland. In the year of 1830‚ Andrew Jackson embarked on a policy of Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences
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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that the Parliament passed on June 29th‚ 1767‚ shortly after the Stamp Act was repealed. Charles Townshend sponsored and proposed this act‚ which is why it was named after him. One of these acts taxed or put import duties on various goods such as glass‚ paper‚ tea‚ paint‚ and lead. The other acts gave writs of assistance or search warrants to British soldiers which allowed them to search others’ property. Since the Stamp Act had failed‚ the Parliament needed
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enforced the Sugar Act‚ this act raised the tax on molasses. Colonists started to smuggle in goods from other countries in an attempt to avoid paying high priced taxes‚ but the British Empire felt that they should be the only suppliers of the colonists and enforced their authority. The British Empire forced colonists to “buy a revenue stamp” (OpenStax‚ Chp. 5 pg. 131) for any piece of paper that was a legal document by creating the Stamp Act in 1765. Along with this act the Quartering Act went into place
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areas of education and healthcare. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) provided significant federal aid to public education‚ and secured Head Start‚ originally a summer program‚ as a permanent component. Since education was a state and local matter‚ the federal government previously had refrained from assisting public schools for fear of violating the principle of “separation of powers.” The Higher Education Act (1965) raised federal aid to public and private universities‚ granted scholarships
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The Kansas and Nebraska Act was introduced in 1854 by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas was a Democrat well liked in the South. He didn’t really care too much about slavery because he was looking toward the development of the new Western country between the Missouri River and California. Specifically‚ he wanted a transcontinental railroad that went through Chicago‚ which was his home town. Building this road would involve grants of public land. The south‚ on the other hand‚ wanted it to go to the
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The Stamp Act The British Parliament had a great expectation to collect a massive amount by imposing unjust Stamp Act (taxation) upon the thirteen colonies. The brand new tax law demands the colonists to pay tax on different type of paper items. Under Prime Minster George Grenville the British government was struggling to finance the debt of their nation. Before the Stamp Act‚ the British Parliament had been passed a Sugar Act to collect revenue from the colonies. Even though the act was designed
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Competition act case MONDAY‚ 13 SEPTEMBER 2010 CCI v SAIL: Supreme Court Gets it Right! In a telling judgement‚ the Supreme Court of India‚ on Sep. 9‚ 2010‚ has effectively and judiciously circumscribed the boundaries of exercise of power by both the Competition Commission of India (CCI/Commission) and the Competition Appellate Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) while delivering its verdict in the much awaited case Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. This Note captures the highlights
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