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This Law provides that international transportation carriers may refuse the boarding or landing of a passenger who does not present a document authorizing landing at the point of arrival and at anticipated ports in France.
This US Act does the following, among other things: 1) provides for 15,000 additional visas for each of the fiscal years 1989 and 1990 for persons adversely affected by Public Law 89-236 relating to immigration; and 2) provides for 10,000 additional visas for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for immigration from "underrepresented countries." "Underrepresented countries" are defined as countries whose natives have received less than 25% of the maximum immigrant visas available to them in fiscal year 1988.
On 11 July 1988, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the cervical cap as a contraceptive. The cap is to be used in conjunction with a spermicidal cream or jelly to prevent pregnancy. It must be left in place for a minimum of eight hours after intercourse and may be left in place for a maximum of 48 hours.
This Amendment rewrites Clause 4 of Article 10 of the Chinese Constitution to permit the right of land use to be transferred by lease in accordance with the law. In December 1988, the Government also enacted legislation amending the Land Management Law so as to allow for the transfer of Land. See Renmin Ribao (Beijing), 31 December 1988, p. 4; Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FBIS-CHI-89-003, 5 January 1989, pp. 38-39. Provisional Regulations on the Land Use Tax in Urban Areas were promulgated on 27 September 1988. See Xinhua Domestic Service (Beijing), 4 October 1988, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FBIS-CHI-88-197, 12 October 1988, pp. 26-27, and Xinhua (Beijing), 4 October 1988, FBIS-CHI-88-193, 5 October 1988, pp. 20. Provisional Tax Regulations on Farmland Occupation and Use were proclaimed on 1 April 1987. See Xinhua Domestic Service (Beijing), 19 April 1987; Joint Publications Research Service, China, 22 April 1987, pp. K33-K35.
This Decree amends Article 92 of the Honduras Law of Agrarian Reform to provide that the Executive Directorate may, after analysis, transfer to rural peasants and peasant cooperatives and enterprises land at a cost less than the value of land expropriated in the same area, given its condition, including the quality of soil and infrastructure. Previously, Article 92 contained no provision for the modification of land prices. The value of all land transferred had to be the same as that of land expropriated in the same area.
This Regulation institutes an identity card system in China for persons over the age of sixteen. Under the Regulation, 301 million people had been given identity cards by December 1988 and another 199 million were expected to get them by October 1989. Each card carries a fifteen digit identification number indicating date of birth and the residence of the holder when the card was issued.
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On 1 May 1988, the governing body of the canton of Glarus, Switzerland, voted that homologous artificial insemination would be the only assisted reproduction procedure authorized to be performed in the canton. On 15 March 1989, the Swiss Bundesgericht declared prohibitions on artificial insemination by donor and homologous in vitro fertilization to be unconstitutional. This decision will be reported in Annual Review of Population Law, Vol. 16, 1989.
In 1986, Nanjing County in Fujian Province, China, established life insurance policies for only children. Families with only one child paying insurance premiums of 40 yuan will be refunded medical expenses exceeding 200 yuan incurred in caring for the child from birth to age 16.
This Act provides for the enforcement in Newfoundland, Canada, of support orders from reciprocating jurisdictions. It contains rules relating to final orders, provisional orders, determination of parentage, conflict of laws, registered orders, variation of orders, and appeals, among other things.
This Act authorizes the High Court or the Magistrate's Court of Trinidad and Tobago to make an attachment of earnings under a maintenance order. Such an order can be made without the consent of the person obligated to pay maintenance (debtor) only if the debtor has failed to make one or more payments, and it appears that the failure is due to the debtor's wilful refusal or culpable neglect. The order is to be made with respect to the debtor's employer and the employer must comply within 14 days of service. The employer and debtor are also obligated to notify the court of changes in employment or earnings, and the court is authorized to obtain a statement of earnings. Further provisions of the Act deal with costs, variations in orders, application of money received, and offenses, among other things.
This Law amends the Liechtenstein Law on family allowances (see Annual Review of Population Law, Vol. 2, 1985, Section 420) by increasing family allowances to Fr. 140 a month for each child (including orphans) and to Fr. 170 when the child reaches the age of 10. If the person entitled to receive the family allowance has more than two children, the allowance is Fr. 170 per child. The birth allowance for children born alive or dead or who are adopted is set at Fr. 1,200 for each child and at Fr. 1,500 when there are multiple births.
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This Act provides that adopting mothers employed in public service in Colombia are to receive all the provisions and guarantees established for biological mothers.
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