As detailed in our previous report, the 1998 amendment to the Penal Law, instituted a minimum punishment for serious sexual offences, constituting 25 of the maximum that may be imposed.

The custody and other legal measures shall be as provided in the law of that State but may be continued only for such time as is necessary to enable any criminal or extradition proceedings to be instituted.

The workload in 2006 2007 will thus be affected by proceedings instituted in previous years.

(a) itself instituted the proceeding or

When a case is pending before the Court, it is not possible to foresee whether and when incidental proceedings (requests for provisional measures, preliminary objections, counterclaims, requests for intervention) may be instituted.

In May 2006, Ontario instituted a comprehensive province wide smoke free law which extended the restrictions to all cities and municipalities in Ontario.

A more systematic process of vetting and reference checking of candidates will be instituted, with external assistance whenever necessary.

The World Day of the Sick is a feast day of the Roman Catholic Church which was instituted on May 13, 1992 by Pope John Paul II.

Any applicant who, in the opinion of the Court, did not meet certain requirements could not be instituted in office.

This sum is required to be issued by a bank, with a supporting document, failing which legal proceedings will be instituted against the offender.

Finally, he expressed the view that all his recommendations could be instituted immediately, without waiting for the United Nations reform process.

2. A proceeding before a court of a State shall be considered to have been instituted against another State if that other State

Unfortunately, arguing over burden sharing creates more scope for delay, potentially undermining the efficacy of any wealth tax that might finally be instituted.

6.4 The Committee further considers that the proceedings instituted by the second author and his late father have been considerably protracted, spanning a period of 10 years, and thus may be considered to be unreasonably prolonged within the meaning of article 5, paragraph 2 (b), of the Optional Protocol.

The revitalization of public administration would be greatly facilitated if Governments instituted measures aimed at transforming public institutions into knowledge networks and learning organizations .

The Canadian Minister of Health instituted National Nursing Week in Canada in 1985.

Police reforms are also being instituted as part of Access to Justice Programme.

Accordingly, the Secretariat has not instituted a formal procedure for submitting project proposals.

Shortly thereafter, Stalin instituted the Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 12 May 1949), one of the first major crises of the Cold War, preventing food, materials and supplies from arriving in West Berlin.

If an action has been instituted under this instrument by a cargo claimant in a place listed in articles 72 and 72 bis, any subsequent action under this instrument relating to the same occurrence shall at the petition of the defendant be moved to the place where the first action was instituted.

4. Any State that enters an appearance on the merits in a proceeding instituted against it may not thereafter assert that service of process did not comply with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3.

But Karimov has never condemned torture, and he has instituted no measures to prevent it.

The precautionary measures instituted by the Public Prosecutor's Office were designed to protect potential victims.

Some States have instituted rehabilitation or reconciliation programmes to encourage terrorists to reintegrate with society.

Under the Code, the Government had established family courts and instituted training programmes for officials.

During the period under review, a serious reform of the Territory's tax system was instituted.

To date, no criminal confiscation proceedings have been instituted on the grounds of financing terrorism.

Conditions may well get worse before they get better. Even though China instituted new initiatives in industrial safety at the beginning of 2003, official estimates indicate that industrial accident deaths increased by almost 10 last year.

Some of our countries have instituted a national policy for youth so that the young people may participate in shaping the societies in which they live while seeking to improve themselves and realize their full potential.

The famine was the consequence of collectivization policies instituted by Josef Stalin in the late 1920s.

Awards have also been instituted at various levels to recognize important contributions made to road safety.

A class action was instituted by ticket holders against the production company, Production Musicals Donald K.

They may be corporations, they may be mafiosi, they may be nice NGOs, they may anything, any number of things.

It is believed that, if appropriate preventive measures were instituted globally, mortality among children could be reduced by 400,000 and, if proper treatment were universally available, childhood deaths could be decreased by another 600,000.

51. Reaffirms the importance of the general principle of exhausting administrative remedies before formal proceedings are instituted

Rather than continue a ban on wetlands development instituted by previous administrations, the Bush administration overturned it.

During the inflationary 1970 s, a byzantine system of allowances was instituted to supplement lagging parliamentary salaries.

The judicial reform instituted the modern criminal trial based on the principle of equality of the parties.

In the following years, the empire instituted several reforms, trying to resolve the problems, but without success.

History The 1864 Geneva Convention was instituted at a critical period in European political and military history.

According to tradition, women, even if employed, have their role instituted as the extension of family care.

In this case, the annulment proceedings instituted before the Bordeaux Administrative Court of Appeal were still pending.

However, the Secretariat has instituted measures to improve compliance and facilitate comprehensive vendor performance monitoring and reporting.

He instituted a severe crackdown on gun ownership, and forced would be gun owners to submit to a rigorous application process, and to document why they would need a gun.

A good example is the European Union s newly instituted policy of cutting CO2 emissions by 20 by 2020.