were passed in the session vote.

(a) To enact laws and legislative decrees, and to interpret, amend or repeal existing laws and decrees

Draft amendments to existing legislation were proposed in Nepal and a revised bill tabled in the lower house of parliament.

working to amend laws that discriminate against women

The bill amending the Money Laundering Act is in the same situation.

357. On 23 March, the Knesset Law Committee discussed a proposed amendment to the Golan Heights Law which would require a two thirds majority to alter the Law.

Consistent with the Constitution, as well as with legislative principles and the regional and international juridical instruments to which our country is party, the competent authorities (executive and legislative) have initiated draft laws dealing with

Various changes in the new Act were aimed at improving the legal status of children.

Assistance in alerting Palau to any legislation that needs modification or supplementation, as well as providing model relevant legislation.

In Germany, the amendments made were not related to the cooperative sector itself, but were the result of changes in other areas of law.

The legal basis of the proposed truth commission would be a national law, which may be either a modification of the present law or a newly promulgated law.

The legal capacity of women is also covered in the proposed amendments to the Civil Code dealing with equality.

In Iceland, the legal framework for cooperatives (Act on Cooperative Societies of 1991) was amended in 1997.

National legal protections should be put in place and laws modified, so that harmful traditional or customary practices are discouraged effectively.

One representative expressed the view that a legal opinion on the proposed amendment should be sought from the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat.

Following constitutional and legislative amendments, Portugal withdrew this reservation in 1987 .

To that end, on June 15, 2005, the National Assembly amended the statutes with the adoption of Loi modifiant diverses dispositions legislatives de nature confessionnelle dans le domaine de l'éducation.

Since our previous report was submitted, there were two major amendments of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, both broadening the law's spectrum.

The Czech Republic would certainly be guided by that new instrument in revising its own legislation in the area.

Proposals for changes to these laws were submitted to the Senate Judicial Affairs Committee.

The above Law with alterations and amendments was in effect until 1 June 1999 when the new Law On Education became effective.

promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 59 of 1953,

The State party should immediately put an end to such practices and modify its legislation accordingly, in order to ensure its full compatibility with the Covenant.

Eventually, the government listened and, amazingly, they changed their laws.

(g) The amendment of laws in order to cater to mothers by making provision for maternity leave and time for breastfeeding

(b) Amendments to the Agrarian Reform Act

Amendment of the legislation concerning the armed forces and the intelligence bodies will remain stalled until the constitutional articles defining the role of the armed forces have been amended.

Since 1978, when Law 855 amending the Civil Code was passed, no substantive changes had been made in our legislation to benefit women, so that this new code represents a step forward in this direction.

Such amendments would alter not only the legal and political structure of resolution 425 (1978), but its entire purpose.

Several States had recently adopted new legislation or amended existing laws and regulations on money laundering.

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(a) Amendments to the Penal Code

The Government Bill to amend the provisions of law on the collection of funds was originally scheduled to be submitted to Parliament in 2004.

The Government Bill to implement the Protocol and to enact the related provisions of law has already been drafted by the Ministry of the Interior.

Brazilian juridical framework has been modified so as to ensure that the legislation turns this principle into reality.

Until 1992, paid domestic work was not legally regulated, a situation that changed only with the amendment to the Labour Code.

The meeting members heard the report of the director of the National People's Congress Law Committee, Qiao Xiaoyang, on the opinion as regards the deliberative draft to the revision of the draft amendment for three laws including the Law Against Unfair Competition.

Secondly, according to the report of the Secretary General, the legal basis for the establishment of the special chamber and the laws governing its operation will be Burundian law, with necessary modifications.

awareness and literacy. Similarly, legal reforms necessary in the context of the ratification of international conventions may encompass a broader overhaul of outdated national legislation.

Thus, by reasonably exercising the freedoms they enjoy by virtue of the law, citizens may effectively participate in the improvement and amendment of the law, and also the furtherance of democracy.

137. In the legislative field, it operates by pushing for reforms to the codes and special laws that have a discriminatory impact on women, and by using the various communications media to disseminate, to citizens at large, those amendments that favour women and urge them to avail themselves of the legal instruments which protect their rights.

In San Marino, the law provided for specific cases of revision of civil and criminal rulings.

Act No. 97 10 of 6 January 1997 amending Act No. 91 999 of 27 December 1991 on competition

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The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that the text of the amended Law has the same legal status as the text of the grounds motivating the promulgation of the law with which it is published, and that the grounds motivating the recent amendments of the Law stipulate that article 8 can only be applied by the court if the expression concerned incites to violence.