1. The laws are the basis of the nation's legal system, and must not be contravened by administrative or local regulations.
2. Newspaper reports claimed that Chan's wife owns stakes in tenement building flats that were divided in ways that were likely to have contravened Building Regulations.
3. They contravened Saddam's rights as a prisoner and could have broken the Geneva Convention, the military statement said.
4. Since these activities contravened the Registration Regulation of Social Institutions, the MCA confiscated all of the association's stamps and certifications.
5. The appellant argued the reforms diluted its control and that it contravened Basic Law protections.
6. Such behaviour contravened not only the tradition of the Hong Kong government, but also her own words.
7. Guo's comments contravened earlier news reports that the company would be independent of both SAFE and Central Huijin.
8. WADA had fought the BOA's policy of imposing life bans for the Olympics, arguing it contravened its own code.