Customary law was still applicable by virtue of the Law of England Application Act, but the Constitution took precedence over any other legislation.

8 The NLPRC is applicable to Hong Kong by virtue of article 18 of the Basic Law.

What is the reward of virtue except virtue (in return)?

What is the reward of virtue except virtue (in return)?

Indeed, that right is a fundamental tenet of the common law system. It is also guaranteed constitutionally by virtue of article 39 of the Basic Law.

137. By virtue of the Constitution, the payment of civil servants, judges and soldiers is to be regulated by law.

The law on the conditions governing the entry and residence of foreigners, published by virtue of Decree Law No. 29 of 15 January 1980, contains the following articles

It has also acceded to the Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism, by virtue of Decree Law No. 48 of 2001.

Of rather easy virtue.

Neither does a virtue recently initiated, merit the name virtue.

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.

Furthermore, by virtue of its specialization, the administrative judiciary is better able than the ordinary courts to apply the principles of that law.

By virtue of legislative measures

By virtue of executive measures

By virtue of policy measures

A woman of easy virtue.

Premature Virtue

Virtue is continuous, for if interrupted it ceases to be virtue.

Women are chiefly employed in certain occupations, such as in the tourism, media and education sectors, sewing and weaving, and as receptionists, pharmacy assistants and secretaries, all by virtue of custom and tradition and not by virtue of the law.

119. Article 6 mentions the abolition of any law and regulation by virtue of which persons engaging in prostitution are subject to special registration.

We'll make a virtue of it.

For the sake of civic virtue

And in particular, the virtue that we need most of all is the virtue that Aristotle called practical wisdom.

And, by virtue of article 39 of the Basic Law, they will need to be consistent with the provisions of the Covenant as applied to Hong Kong.

Obama appealed to virtue.

Honesty is a virtue.

Virtue Foundation (Special, 2004)

Shrouded yourself in virtue...

Patience is a virtue...

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge

Because this resulted in a law that reduced the gravity of the offence, it became possible to prosecute on the basis of the new law, by virtue of the principle of the retroactivity of less severe penal legislation.

Bilateral investment treaties often reflect, and are consistent with, provisions of national law in other cases, bilateral investment treaties influence national law by virtue of the laws which Parties enact to meet the requirements of the treaties.

Bilateral investment treaties often reflect, and are consistent with, provisions of national law in other cases, bilateral investment treaties influence national law by virtue of the laws which Parties enact to meet the requirements of the treaties.

The 1961 Vienna Convention required diplomats to respect the law and that was incumbent on diplomats by virtue of the General Convention and the Headquarters Agreement.

And by virtue of being technologies, they're manipulable.

Moreover, their claim was by virtue of inheritance.

The jurisdiction of foreign courts may be exercised by virtue either of a universal jurisdiction clause contained in a treaty in force or of a provision of domestic law establishing a rule of extraterritorial jurisdiction for serious crimes under international law.

And he appealed to virtue.

Honesty is a capital virtue.

Honesty is a capital virtue.

Forgive me this my virtue.

Beautiful blonde defending her virtue .

She believes that virtue pays

And, by virtue of the provisions of the Basic Law, our constitutional document, in particular article 39, any restriction of a Covenant protected right as applied to Hong Kong and that contravenes article 39 is a breach of the Basic Law.