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  2. Section 56 of the Constitution Act, 1867 - Wikipedia

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    The power to disallow an act under section 56 was different from the power of reservation of bills under section 55 of the Act. The disallowance power in section 56 applied to acts to which the Governor General had granted royal assent. Once royal assent is given, a bill becomes an act of Parliament and has force of law. The Governor General ...

  3. Disallowance and reservation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Section 90: The following Provisions of this Act respecting the Parliament of Canada, namely, — the Provisions relating to Appropriation and Tax Bills, the Recommendation of Money Votes, the Assent to Bills, the Disallowance of Acts, and the Signification of Pleasure on Bills reserved, — shall extend and apply to the Legislatures of the ...

  4. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Wikipedia

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    The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is an Indian law that makes companies pay a one-time gratuity to retiring employees or employees who resigns after a minimum of 5 years of service. The law applies to all companies of at least 10 employees. [1] The gratuity is 15 days' wages for every year of employee service, or partial year over six months.

  5. Disallowance and reservation - Wikipedia

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    Disallowance and reservation are historical constitutional powers that were instituted in several territories throughout the British Empire as a mechanism to delay or overrule legislation. Originally created to preserve the Crown's authority over colonial governments, these powers are now generally considered politically obsolete, and in many ...

  6. Federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States

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    Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...

  7. List of jurisdictions subject to the special provisions of ...

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    The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.

  8. Gratuity - Wikipedia

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    A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.

  9. Mandatory tipping - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory tipping (also known as a mandatory gratuity or an autograt) is a tip which is added automatically to the customer's bill, without the customer determining the amount or being asked. It may be implemented in several ways, such as applying a fixed percentage to all customer's bills, or to large groups, or on a customer-by-customer basis ...