Court : US Supreme Court
..... leading treaty on international money laundering, the united nations convention against transnational organized crime (convention), nov. ..... 12, united nations convention against transnational crime ..... were limited to profits, it would be narrower than the obligation that the united states undertook in article 6.1 of the convention, but the department of state has taken the position that no new legislation is needed to bring the united states into compliance. ..... whenever a money laundering indictment charges that the laundered funds derived from an unlawful activity that comprehends numerous acts that occurred over a considerable period of time and that is precisely the situation in many of the types of cases that the money laundering statute principally targeted the plurality opinion s interpretation will produce ..... in that case, the evidence showed that the sicilian mafia and organized crime elements in the united states, over a period of many years, imported huge amounts of heroin into this country, sold the heroin here, accumulated millions of dollars of cash, and then laundered the funds by smuggling them overseas in suitcases or ..... payments to runners, collectors, and winners formed the basis of a 10-count indictment filed in the united states district court for the northern district of indiana, naming santos, diaz, and 11 others. ..... dictionary of accounting 88 (1981) (emphasis deleted). ..... 1981 ..... 1981 (giving as one of the meanings of promote [t]o contribute to the growth [or] enlargement of .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
..... appeal no.143/2018 & others page 24 of 105 nations, the international community had taken certain initiatives that include the following:-" (a) the united nations convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to which india is a party, calls for prevention of laundering of proceeds of drug crimes and other connected activities and confiscation of proceeds derived from such offence. ..... connected therewith or incident thereto , pursuant to the obligation in terms, inter alia, of political declaration and global programme of action, annexed to the resolution s-1as adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on 23.02.1990 and the political declaration adopted by the special session of the united nations general assembly on 8-10 of june, 1998, the global view, which india shares, being that money- laundering poses a serious threat not only to the financial systems of countries, but also ..... effect, whereupon such attachment or retention or freezing of the seized or frozen property or record shall (a) continue during investigation for a period not exceeding ninety days or the pendency of the proceedings relating to any offence under this act before a court or under the corresponding law of any other country, before the competent court of criminal jurisdiction outside india, as the case may be; and (b) become final after an order of confiscation is passed under sub-section ..... d.j.bahadur, (1981) 1 scc315 to the following effect was noted :-" 52. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
..... appeal no.143/2018 & others page 24 of 105 nations, the international community had taken certain initiatives that include the following:-" (a) the united nations convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to which india is a party, calls for prevention of laundering of proceeds of drug crimes and other connected activities and confiscation of proceeds derived from such offence. ..... connected therewith or incident thereto , pursuant to the obligation in terms, inter alia, of political declaration and global programme of action, annexed to the resolution s-1as adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on 23.02.1990 and the political declaration adopted by the special session of the united nations general assembly on 8-10 of june, 1998, the global view, which india shares, being that money- laundering poses a serious threat not only to the financial systems of countries, but also ..... effect, whereupon such attachment or retention or freezing of the seized or frozen property or record shall (a) continue during investigation for a period not exceeding ninety days or the pendency of the proceedings relating to any offence under this act before a court or under the corresponding law of any other country, before the competent court of criminal jurisdiction outside india, as the case may be; and (b) become final after an order of confiscation is passed under sub-section ..... d.j.bahadur, (1981) 1 scc315 to the following effect was noted :-" 52. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : House of Lords
..... geneva conventions act 1957 and the geneva conventions (amendment) act 1995, dealing with breaches of the geneva conventions of 1949 and the additional protocols of 1977; the genocide act 1969, giving effect to the genocide convention of 1948; the criminal justice act 1988, s 134, giving effect to the torture convention of 1984; the war crimes act 1991, giving jurisdiction to try war crimes committed abroad by foreign nationals; the merchant shipping and maritime security act 1997, s 26, giving effect to provisions of the united nations convention on the ..... it was, however, common ground before grigson j that what the fairford appellants did or intended to do involved a use of force; there is authority to support that view (swales v cox [1981] qb 849; r v renouf [1986] 1 wlr 522); this question of interpretation was not the subject of appeal; and it has not been fully investigated. ..... in indictments preferred against them they were (after the withdrawal of one count) charged with counts of conspiracy to cause criminal damage contrary to section 1(1) of the criminal law act 1977 (jones, milling, olditch, pritchard), having articles with intent to destroy or damage property contrary to section 3(b) of the criminal damage act 1971 (olditch, pritchard, richards) and criminal damage contrary to section 1(1) of the 1971 act and attempted arson contrary to section 1(1) of the criminal attempts act 1981 (richards). .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : International Court of Justice ICJ
..... 232. malaysia responds that the united nations convention on the law of the sea and the convention on the safety of life at sea impose duties in respect of the investigation of hazards to the safety of navigation and the publication of information ..... . 292. article 13 of the united nations convention on the law of the sea provides ..... agreement shall be registered with the secretariat of the united nations pursuant to article 102 of the united nations charter, jointly or by either of the parties. ..... du royaume-uni et des pays-bas ont t amen s, en vue de placer sur un pied r ciproquement avantageux leurs possessions respectives et le commerce de leurs sujets aux grandes indes, de mani re que le bien- tre et la prosp rit des deux nations y puissant tre favoris s dor navant en toute occasion, sans exciter ces dissentiments et cette jalousie qui, des poques ant rieures, ont trouble la bonne intelligence quil importe de toujours maintenir entrelles ..... clause 300. for these reasons, the court, (1) by twelve votes to four, finds that sovereignty over pedra branca/pulau batu puteh belongs to the republic of singapore; in favour: vice-president, acting president, al-khasawneh; judges ranjeva, shi, koroma, buergenthal, owada, tomka, keith, sep lveda-amor, bennouna, skotnikov; judge ad hoc sreenivasa rao; against: judges parra-aranguren, simma, abraham; judge ad hoc dugard; (2) ..... it also refers to two notices to mariners issued in 1981 and ..... elle mentionne galement deux avis aux navigateurs publi s en 1981 et en .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : UK Supreme Court
..... these of course included article 3.1 of the united nations convention on the rights of the child: "in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or ..... ." the united nations committee on the rights of the child, in its general comment no 12 on "the right of the child to be heard" (crc/c/gc/12, july 2009), points out that this is one of the fundamental values of the convention and that "there can be ..... to ensure that considerations like these do not produce injustice or disparity as between co-defendants with different family commitments, or undermine the thrust towards desirable consistency of approach to sentencing decisions on a national basis, a process which began with the issue of sentencing guidelines by the court of appeal, criminal division, and now given statutory authority by the creation of first, the sentencing guidelines ..... trafficking: (1) criminal association for the purpose of drug trafficking, which carries a sentence of between ten and 24 years' imprisonment; and (2) a specific act of importation, transportation, possession and supply of drugs, aggravated by being committed by more than three persons, which carries a sentence of between three ..... . examples include franklyn (1981) 3 cr app r(s) 65, vaughan (1982) 4 cr app r(s) 83, mills [2002] 2 cr app r (s) 229, and more recently bishop [2011] ewca crim 1446 and, perhaps most recently in kayani; solliman [ .....
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..... united nations convention on the rights of the child 1989, article 3, it is the best interests of the child which the united ..... follows: "it is jfs ("the school") policy to admit up to the standard admissions number children who are recognised as being jewish by the office of the chief rabbi of the united hebrew congregation of the commonwealth (ocr) or who have already enrolled upon or who have undertaken, with the consent of their parents, to follow any course of conversion to judaism under the approval of the ..... follows: "1.1 it is jfs ("the school") policy to admit up to the standard admissions number children who are recognised as being jewish by the office of the chief rabbi of the united hebrew congregation of the commonwealth (ocr) or who have already enrolled upon or who have undertaken, with the consent of their parents, to follow any course of conversion to judaism under the approval ..... claims for judicial review, except for e's claim that the governing body of jfs was in breach of its duty under section 71 of the race relations act 1976 to have due regard to the need to eliminate racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good race relations: [2008] ewhc 1535 ( ..... " he went on to point out that this was well-established in a long line of authority, citing jenkins v kingsgate (clothing productions) ltd [1981] 1 wlr 1485, 1494, per browne-wilkinson j; r v secretary of state for education and science, ex parte keating (1985) 84 lgr 469, 475, per taylor j; and .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : House of Lords
..... gross jj: [2006] ewca crim 707) certified the following point of law of general public importance as involved in its decision now under appeal: if a defendant is charged with an offence not specified in section 31(3) of the immigration and asylum act 1999, to what extent is he entitled to rely on the protections afforded by article 31 of the 1951 united nations convention relating to the status of refugees? ..... this is whether the appellant was entitled to the protection of article 31(1) of the geneva convention and protocol relating to the status of refugees in respect of her attempt, in order to leave the united kingdom, to obtain services by deception contrary to section 1(1) of the criminal attempts act 1981. ..... the second is whether she had a defence under section 31 of the immigration and asylum act 1999 to the charge of attempting to obtain services by deception contrary to section 1(1) of the criminal attempts act 1981, notwithstanding the fact that this is not one of the offences specified in section 31(3) of the 1999 act as those to which a defence under that section is available. 36. ..... count 1 charged her with using a false instrument with intent contrary to section 3 of the forgery and counterfeiting act 1981, the particulars being that on 14 february 2005 she used an italian passport which she knew to be false, with the intention of inducing another (identified as mohammed hussan, the official on the check-in desk) to accept it as genuine. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
..... , organizations representing interdicted haitians and a number of haitians, sought a temporary restraining order, contending that the executive order violates 243(h)(1) of the immigration and nationality act of 1952 (ina or act) and article 33 of the united nations convention relating to the status of refugees. ..... 29, 1981, president reagan issued a proclamation in which he characterized "the continuing illegal migration by sea of large numbers of undocumented aliens into the southeastern united states" as "a serious national problem detrimental to the interests of the united states. ..... on september 23, 1981, the united states and the republic of haiti entered into an agreement authorizing the united states coast guard to intercept vessels engaged in the illegal transportation of undocumented aliens to ..... " larousse modern french- 192 english dictionary 631 (1981).4 thus construed, article 33.1 of the convention reads: "no contracting state shall expel or [repulse, drive back, or repel] a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be ..... ) 172 other provisions of the act expressly confer certain responsibilities on the secretary of state,24 the president,25 and, indeed, on certain other officers as well.26 the 1981 and 1992 executive orders expressly relied on statutory provisions that confer authority on the president to suspend the entry of "any class of aliens" or to "impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... in that context, emphasize the importance of strengthening international, regional and subregional cooperation, and recommend that states that have not yet done so adopt by the year 2003 national money laundering legislation and programmes in accordance with relevant provisions of the united nations convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances of 1988, as well as the measures for countering money laundering, adopted at the present session; countering ..... the manner prescribed, of the alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint, to the central government or the authority or officer authorised as aforesaid.8) section 43 of the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 (1) no court shall take cognizance of any offence under this act except on a complaint made by (a) a board or any officer authorised in this behalf by it; or (b) any person who has given notice of not less than sixty days, in the manner prescribed, of ..... 22 of the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957, section 34 of the bureau of indian standards act, 1986, section 34 of the telecom regulatory authority of india act, 1997, section 47 of the banking regulation act, 1949, section 26(1) of the securities and exchange board of india act, 1992, section 19 of the environment (protection) act, 1986, section 43 of the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 and section 57(1) of the petroleum and natural gas regulatory board act, 2006. .....
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