FERA and FEMA THE Foreign Exchange Regulation Act‚ 1973 (FERA) was repealed and a new Act called the Foreign Exchange Management Act‚ 1999 (FEMA) came into force with effect from June 1‚ 2000‚ with a view to facilitating external trade and payments and promoting orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India. UNDER the FEMA‚ foreign exchange transactions are divided into two broad categories - current account and capital account transactions. Transactions that alter the
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PATRIOT Act: Right or Wrong. On September 11th of 2001 the United States was attacked. Many people died and through that drama the United States was unified with a singular goal of stopping terrorism. While many people were willing to sacrifice a few freedoms for the greater good‚ others were asking where is the line between the government fighting terrorism and abusing a situation to expand its dominion over the public. The United States government passed a bill called the PATRIOT Act to simplify
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Equitable principles‚ sections 180-184 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)‚ and any other breaches of the aforementioned Act specifically dealing with Takeovers‚ whilst describing any appropriate remedies that may be available for said breaches. Breaches of s180-184 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)‚ and Breaches of Common Law and Equitable Principles S180 S180(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 Commonwealth (hereinafter referred to as The Act) states that a “director or officer of a corporation must
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How does Priestly present Shelia Birling in Act One? In act one Priestly presents Shelia Birling using a variety of techniques. Firstly‚ during the beginning of the act‚ Priestly uses stage directions to present Sheila as a half-joking character with the stage direction ‘[half serious‚ half playful]’ to show that although the conversation may be sincere she beings a lightness to the atmosphere. In addition‚ another stage direction ‘[mocking aggressions]’ also indicates this half-joking‚ half-genuine
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The War Measures Act The War Measures Act is a federal statute that was created by the Borden government 1 In 1914 or roughly after the outbreak known as World War I. The act gave the Canadian government broad powers that would allow them to maintain the security and order of the country throughout war or insurrection. What did the act specifically say and how did it impact Canada? Throughout this report I will talk about what the War Measures Act specifically stated and how it impacted Canada
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treatment caused the Americans to revolt because of things like acts being passed without proper representation. This made colonist furious and later led to the American Revolution. The Sugar Act was one of the reasons Americans started to resist Britain and made way for the American Revolution. Britain’s parliament realized that the colonies were making great profit off of selling rum. Sugar was needed in order to make rum. By passing the Sugar Act‚ it would force the
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States on September 11‚ 2001‚ many Americans were fearful of what the future held. Enacted as a response to those attacks‚ and as a way to re-instill a sense of security to the nation‚ American legislators worked to pass the USA Patriot Act of 2001. The Patriot Act appropriately made changes to other U.S. laws to combat terrorism‚ however it also established measures that may potentially hinder the rights of those it was designed to protect‚ sparking controversy regarding privacy and governmental
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to enact Posse Comitatus. Whenever they feel that their state is in an unruly state and Marshall Law is needed. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 outlines the right of states‚ which can affect the wellbeing of citizens. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 is an act in the United States Constitution. President Rutherford B. Hays signed the act on June 18‚ 1878. The Act of 1878’s purpose is to keep
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On July 30‚ 2002‚ the American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act‚ better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)‚ was signed into law‚ with the intention of rebuilding public trust in corporate America. Its laws‚ which required boards to “oversee closely financial transactions and auditing procedures‚” applied primarily to publicly traded corporations (Baker‚ 2005). Only two of the practices named within were required of not-for-profit companies. Nevertheless‚ due to the proliferation
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Speech-act theory was elaborated by Austin J. L.‚ a linguist philosopher; this theory was the reaction of Austin and his coworkers in opposition to the so-called logical positivist philosophers of language. Austin in contrasts to logical positivism that could be assessed in terms of ’truth’ and ’falsity’ (’known as truth conditional semantics’)‚ was keen on the way regular people use language in everyday situations. Moreover‚ he was persuaded that we do not use language to tell only things‚ meaning
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