The aim of the agreement was to prevent the improper use of the country's bank secrecy laws, and its effect was to curb severely the system of secrecy.

该协议的目的是防止人们不恰当地使用该国的银行保密法规，它的效果是严厉遏制保密制度。

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These laws are in effect in twenty states.

这些法律在二十个州有效。

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The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year.

交通法要到年底才生效。

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A new study has found the strongest evidence yet that smoke-free laws can reduce a major effect of tobacco smoking - heart disease.

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It's determined by the laws of nature that the effect that follows will follow from that cause.

自然法则决定了,这个结果必然跟随这个原因产生

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During this time, racial separation laws were in effect in the South.

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But when the new emissions laws take effect, merely tweaking the engine won't suffice.

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And that highlights the REAL crime here: The laws in effect at the time.

FORBES: Now We Should Hold Hearings Into The People REALLY Responsible For The Financial Crisis

The new regulation is just one of myriad laws taking effect July 1.

CNN: July 1 brings new, sometimes quirky laws