An enacting clause is a short phrase that introduces the main provisions of a law enacted by a legislature. It is also called enacting formula or enacting...

Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999. Act of Congress Effective date List of enacting clauses Rule of law Vacatio legis For...

laws, and grandfather clauses can be used to prevent a law from having retroactive effects. For example: In the UK, the offence of indecent assault is still...

in the enacting clause. The standard is as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords...

used to enact it or due to the content of its provisions. Entrenched clauses are, in some cases, seen as justified as protecting the rights of a minority...

consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. In combination with the vesting clauses of Article Two and Article Three, the Vesting Clause of Article...

prevail in that State. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter...

respectively, without due process of law. The U.S. Supreme Court interprets these clauses to guarantee a variety of protections: procedural due process...

prevail in that State. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter...

a sunset clause that went into effect in February 2007. Special laws enacted to deal with emergency situations often contain sunset clauses; Quebec's...

conviction and remanded for a new trial, citing violations of the Venue and Vicinage Clauses and prejudicially refused jury instructions. Burton v. United...

the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, form the constitutional...

that the Bill of Rights' notwithstanding clause could be used to invalidate "any" right, not just specified clauses as with the Charter. The Saskatchewan...

Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 was enacted two months after the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845. The Railways Clauses Consolidation...

provisional government. Then, upon enacting a state constitution which affirmed that the new state would forever be part of the Confederation, it would be...

Colonies in the 1700s, the clause's apparent intent, the subsequent action of the first Congress in enacting the Naturalization Act of 1790 (expressly defining...

two-thirds majority. A further order on 6 August made all the clauses of Article 370 except clause 1 to be inoperative. In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation...

Vesting Clause declares that the executive power of the federal government is vested in the president and, along with the Vesting Clauses of Article One...

The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the...

profitability. Thus the regulation of these clauses is imperative, however, the process of implementing it and the penalties of its misuse vary across different...

purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) and the proviso to that clause, as a reference to the 1971 census; and (ii) for the purposes of sub-clause (b) of clause...

Commerce Clause. Joined by Justice Stevens, Justice Breyer contended that Congress had been sensitive to concerns of federalism in enacting VAWA, and...

Short Title, Enacting Formula and the Long Title are adopted by a simple majority. The adoption of amendments to clauses or schedules of the Bill, requires...

charters Only three clauses of Magna Carta still remain on statute in England and Wales. These clauses concern 1) the freedom of the English Church, 2)...

certain clauses founded on reasons of public policy applicable to the business in question. To avoid the necessity of constantly re-enacting the same...

in the United States Wexler, Jay (2011). The Odd Clauses: Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions. Boston: Beacon Press...

Retrieved 20 December 2023. Desk, DH Web. "Bills to replace criminal codes enacted into law as President Murmu gives nod". Deccan Herald. Archived from the...

"Forty-fourth". Clauses 2 to 14, 16 to 20, 23 to 25, 27 to 40 and 42 to 49 were adopted in their original form. Clause 21, 22, and 41 of the bill were adopted...

or permanent." The Supreme Court of the United States interprets the clauses broadly, concluding that these clauses provide three protections: procedural...

facto Law Clauses of Article I, Section IX and Section X and the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment along with the Freedom of Speech Clause. The Due...