I shall confine myself to a cursory review of the remaining powers comprehended under this third description, to wit: to regulate commerce among the several States and the Indian tribes; to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin; to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the current coin and secureties of the United States; to fix the standard of weights and measures; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws of bankruptcy, to prescribe the manner in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State shall be proved, and the effect they shall have in other States; and to establish post offices and post roads.
The power of establishing uniform laws of bankruptcy is so intimately connected with the regulation of commerce, and will prevent so many frauds where the parties or their property may lie or be removed into different States, that the expediency of it seems not likely to be drawn into question.
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and
uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
She pointed out that Article 95D of the Federal Constitution stipulates exclusion for the states of Sabah and Sarawak of the powers of their state assemblies to pass
uniform laws about land.
She said that PM Imran Khan's vision is to apply
uniform laws in the country, adding that there shouldn't be injustice and no one should be deprived of its right.
Fortunately, a committee of the
Uniform Law Commission, an organization dedicated to promoting the enactment of
uniform laws among states, is drafting legislation that may well clarify a property owner's right to exclude drone operations below a specified altitude.
Now different provinces have different laws to deal with the problem, so the federal government should enact
uniform laws for all provinces to deal with trafficking and smuggling.
The biggest offense of government both local and national is the fact that we don't have
uniform laws, ordinances, penalties or fines.
Senator Sikandar Mandrio said
uniform laws should be enacted and implemented in all areas of the country.
Several large, powerful food companies, especially foreign firms, took up the issue of stringent provincial food safety standards with both the federal and provincial governments, pleading for
uniform laws and regulations across the country.
Ahlen is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and serves on the ABA's Governance Committee and
Uniform Laws Committee.
