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    Elections and India

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    Elections in India India has an asymmetric federal government‚ with elected officials at the federal‚ state and local levels. At the national level‚ the head of government‚ Prime Minister‚ is elected by the members of Lok Sabha‚ lower house of the parliament of India.All members of Lok Sabha except two‚ who can be nominated by president of India‚ are directly elected through general elections which takes place every five years‚ in normal circumstances‚ by universal adult suffrage. Members of Rajya

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    Current Legislation

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    Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 Current legislation made for safeguarding children and young people are; Children act 1989. The main aims of the Act are: • To bring together private and public law in one framework; • To achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • To encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents;

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    subsidiary legislation

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    Subsidiary Legislation Subsidiary legislation‚ also referred to as delegated legislation is the law that is brought into being by authorities‚ persons or bodies other than Parliament‚ under power conferred by either the Constitution or Parliament. The purpose and limits of such subsidiary or subordinate law making powers will normally be set out in the enabling Act of Parliament or the Constitution. There are several reasons why it is necessary to have subsidiary legislation: 1. Pressure on Parliamentary

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    The Election of 1896

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    The election of 1896 Christopher Bailey 20th Century US history To better understand the election of 1896 it is important to understand the events leading up to the presidential election. The year is 1893 and Grover Cleveland is president of the United States‚ in this year great change was coming to the United States mainly an economic depression causing most people especially farmers and ranchers to demand change in Washington. During this time period the federal government was weak making

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    Election System

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    representation is a better suited system. A majoritarian system works on the basis that there is always a clear winner after an election and thus the ruling party enjoys the great majority of parliamentary seats in order to ensure that they have a large degree of autonomous power (Norris‚ 2001: 301). The party with the majority seats can create a “manufactured majority” in plurality elections by exaggerating the number of seats which they were awarded (Norris‚ 2001: 301). The number of seats awarded in this

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    Delegated Legislation

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    Delegated legislation in its various forms is a necessary source of law in a progressive society. Parliament simply cannot keep up with the need for law reform demanded by society. The government formed within Parliament has to fulfill the promised reforms (among other agenda) and there is definite pressure to see that these reforms are passed within the particular session. The lack of specialized knowledge among MPs’ make DL a necessary avenue to ensure reasonable and effective content of the law

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    Legislations: Children

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    M1. Explain how legislation‚ policies and procedures for risk assessment and hygiene control establish and maintain a healthy‚ safe and secure environment for children. 1. Legislations‚ Policies and Procedures. Legislation is law which has been produce by a governing body in order to regulate‚ or to restrict. While the policies are the documents to demonstrate how you should carry out your duties in certain situations. And procedures are the step by step instructions

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    Outcome 2

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    This essay will be on learning outcome 2. Scotia Airways is a small private airline based in Glasgow‚ Scotland. The airline was launched in May 1996 by a group of independent business investors. The headquarters of Scotia Airways is located next to Glasgow International Airport. The airline operates scheduled flights‚ mainly targeting business and leisure travellers and aims to provide exceptional value for money‚ unparalleled comfort and convenience to its passengers‚ every time they are on board

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    CA Election

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    Constituent Assembly-2: I am ready to Vote As a first time voter‚ I am pretty much excited and confused about the upcoming CA election. Excited because I am voting for the first time and my single vote would elect someone who would one day draw the future of Nepal. I would want to thank the Election Commission for accepting the proposal from the political parties to extend the registration deadline by a week because it helped me to enroll my name in the list‚ which grants power to overthrow or

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    Automated Election

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    I. Introduction The Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) or Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology system adopted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) under the present political conditions and capability of the nation’s election manager‚ the Comelec‚ will make the whole electoral process bereft of credibility‚ transparency‚ or voter participation. With no electronic technology being invented that is safe from human intervention such as hacking and other types of computer attacks‚ the system will

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