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  • Thumbnail for First Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting...
    218 KB (26,395 words) - 14:26, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
    The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March...
    31 KB (2,627 words) - 00:10, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
    The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government...
    30 KB (4,025 words) - 17:16, 4 June 2024
  • Look up amendment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal...
    4 KB (365 words) - 21:35, 20 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
    Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that any law that...
    32 KB (3,274 words) - 19:01, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
    The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c.69), or "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression...
    20 KB (2,499 words) - 17:26, 10 May 2024
  • The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing...
    160 KB (15,299 words) - 14:54, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
    reasonable exceptions. The Second Amendment was based partially on the right to keep and bear arms in English common law and was influenced by the English...
    279 KB (31,180 words) - 15:25, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal...
    74 KB (9,687 words) - 02:29, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Fourth Amendment case law deals with three main issues: what government activities are "searches"...
    106 KB (12,876 words) - 12:11, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
    protests that followed worldwide. In Hong Kong, the name Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement or Anti-Extradition Bill Movement (Chinese: 反對逃犯條例修訂草案運動/反修例運動)...
    348 KB (31,393 words) - 15:42, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues...
    217 KB (24,318 words) - 05:35, 1 June 2024
  • Criminal Law Amendment Act (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada...
    6 KB (810 words) - 13:23, 1 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial...
    31 KB (3,850 words) - 10:34, 27 February 2024
  • Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, commonly known as the Labouchere Amendment, made "gross indecency" a crime in the United Kingdom. In practice, the law was...
    19 KB (2,308 words) - 21:11, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Income-tax Act, 1961
    February. The finance budget brings various amendments in Income-tax Act, 1961 including tax slabs rates. The amendments are generally applicable to the next...
    4 KB (430 words) - 23:52, 2 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865. In contrast to the other Reconstruction Amendments, the Thirteenth Amendment has rarely been cited in case law, but it...
    132 KB (15,029 words) - 15:50, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President...
    35 KB (3,641 words) - 06:33, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the vice...
    65 KB (7,123 words) - 05:32, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The Eleventh Amendment (Amendment XI) is an amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by...
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