Statutory duties Main statutory duties of a director are provided by s.132 • Where a director breaches common law duties‚ these statutory provisions impose criminal liabilities. • S.132(1) is a general provision that requires directors to act ‘honestly’ at all times and use reasonable diligence in the exercise of their powers. Any breach of fiduciary duty • Duty imposed on directors to avoid conflict of interest by not using confidential information they obtain by virtue of their position
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STATUTORY COUNCILS Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956 includes as one of the aims of the Act‚ the prevention and settlement of disputes between employers and employees. Industrial councils were the primary institution for collective bargaining; generally they were system that involved a form of centralised bargaining in a particular industry or segment of an industry (Alan Rycroft‚ Barney Jordaan‚ 1992:146) Industrial councils consisted of representatives from one or more employer parties and one
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Code 97-589 Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Updated August 31‚ 2008 Yule Kim Legislative Attorney American Law Division Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Summary The Supreme Court has expressed an interest “that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretive rules‚ so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts.” This report identifies and describes some of the more important rules and conventions
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QUESTION Why is the purposive approach towards statutory interpretation the preferred principle to be applied in the interpretation of Constitution instruments and legislation in the Caribbean? The doctrine of Separation of Powers is enshrined in the Constitutions of the Commonwealth Caribbean providing power to the legislature to make laws while providing the authority to the judiciary to interpret the laws. The interpretation of statutes is important as it helps establish judicial precedent which
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Legislative Council Secretariat-the Research Office and Library Services conducted a research‚ to discuss other country’s experience of using the minimum wage system‚ enable they deliberated on this issue in Hong Kong. And early 2000s in Hong Kong‚ most of the lower class and low-skilled industries are in low level of wage‚ therefore some people in society had some opinion to The Legislative Council relating to statutory minimum wage‚ as a way to protect blue collar of life. In 2006-2007 Policy Address
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Statutory Rape Laws The term "statutory rape" is used when the government considers people under a certain age to be unable to give consent to sex and therefore consider sexual contact with them to be a rape. The age at which individuals are considered to give consent is called the age of consent. The age of consent can ranging from thirteen to twenty-one‚ depending on the limits set by each state in accordance with local standards of morality. Even sex that violates the age-of-consent laws
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STATUTORY INTERPRETATION What is the aim and why is it necessary? Statutory Interpretation is there to help judges with general words Parliament has passed‚ as some words can have different meanings. * Words very often have more than one meaning i.e. they can be ambiguous * A broad term may be used in a statute which can give rise to confusion and uncertainty * There may be errors or omissions when the statute is drafted * New developments in society can make the words used in
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DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT OF CENSORSHIP IN MEDIA What is censorship? Censorship can be defined as a control over an ideas or information circulated among people. Censorship in media is to examine the information on the media in order to suppress or delete anything that considered objectionable. Some common ways in which censorship is enforced are bleeping the words‚ blocking of images and so on. Censorship of media is practicing all over the countries of the world as it is important. Firstly‚ media
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Understanding Framework for Early Years Foundation stage: Task 1 As a registered child-minder I need to understand how the framework for early years was developed‚ certain legislation is key Every Child Matters: Five National Outcomes for Children Every Child Matters is about the well- being of all children and young adults from birth to 19 years of age‚ the Government would like every child to have support in being healthy‚ staying safe and to
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behind this request is that the employee wants a higher take home package. [ He will get his the amount from his reduced PF deductions plus the employer’s reduced contributions as increased take home (net) sal.] What are the implications from a statutory standpoint to implementing this change? Appreciate some inputs on this Regards Dear All‚ As per statute the company is bound to pay PF contribution upto rs 6500/- but beyond the said amount it is absolutely company’s discretion to pay or not
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