Ministers should amend the bill to put these powers on a proper legal footing.

At that time, legislators can further debate and amend the bill.

They may also amend the bill, but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments.

Other state representatives can amend a bill in committee or on the floor of the chamber.

The government amended the bill to avoid holding a referendum.

Recent efforts to amend the charter have not been successful.

Many commentators noted that the text only indicated a decision to amend the charter, not an actual amendment.

In 2009, one third of the municipalities had amended their charter.

The president also said he was ready to amend the constitution to reduce his own powers.

Indeed, recent moves to amend the constitution and remove term limits point to him wanting to retain power beyond elections next year.

As soon as the proposals to amend the constitution have been formally drafted, they will be put to a referendum, the first since 1993.

To amend the constitution requires a 75 per cent parliamentary majority.

But he has made no secret of his wish to amend the constitution to abolish presidential term limits.

If they continue with the change, the company will have to amend your contract.

Without this information they cannot usually amend your contract.

You can discuss with your employees the possibility of unpaid leave or layoffs and see if they will agree to these proposals and amend their contracts to allow for this.

The parliament has until the end of next year to repeal or amend the law.

Its preamble proclaimed the fact ('an act to amend the law of defamation').

Recent attempts to amend the law have been heavily defeated.

He wants to amend a law which refuses payouts to those who have had convictions quashed.

Ministers will amend the law to give new powers to the information commissioner, who oversees regulations that ban firms from contacting people who have not consented to receiving their calls.

It has negotiated extra headroom on its borrowings from its banks by amending the rules attached to its debt for the next two years.

We can, of course, amend the rules that judges interpret.

But officials say amending the rules could revolutionise driving by allowing motorists to park their vehicles with remotes while they are outside their vehicle.

The 20 clubs amended their rules yesterday to give greater leeway to emerging coaches to take over the reins at topflight clubs.

It also amended the rules for submitting benchmarking results.

Not surprisingly, the minority of inhabitants petitioned to amend the act.

This was a major review of fertility legislation, updating and amending the act of 1990.

Congress amended the act in 1955 to add a formula that uses rural and farm population factors to allocate the annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations among the states.

Later legislation amended the act to require all men from 18 to 65 to register with those aged 18 to 45 being immediately liable for induction.

Shareholders can amend the articles with a three-quarters majority vote.

The two newspapers amended the articles in response.

If such a thing passes on amending this article, it will be a victory, he declared.

In a new phase to the crackdown on rogue operators, ministers are proposing to amend legislation to give the power to impose fines on wrongdoers.

I would amend legislation to cease this unfair practice.

They strain ceaselessly in their efforts to get those who hold power to change this policy or that, amend legislation or otherwise alter course.

But their very success attracts lobbyists hoping to amend legislation on behalf of clients.

The government has said it aims to amend legislation to remove the confusion over tips.