When India was being treated like an outlaw (person who has broken the law and is hiding to avoid being caught), it had no interest in playing the sheriff.

当印度被当作一个逃犯看待时，它是不会有兴趣扮演法官的。

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As part of the reforms to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, the government intends to change the law to outlaw sex selection for non-medical reasons.

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But he noted that the law had since changed to explicitly outlaw blacklisting and the watchdog would have "no hesitation" to pursue companies in future.

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By agreeing to harbor Mary Walker, the minister became an outlaw and embraced a "higher law, " or God's law.

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