Legislation (or "
statutory law") is law which has been
promulgated (or "
enacted") by a
legislature or other
Governing Body or the process of making it. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a
bill, and may be broadly referred to as "legislation", while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to proscribe, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare or to restrict. It may be contrasted with a non-legislative act which is adopted by an
executive or administrative body under the authority of a legislative act or for implementing a legislative act.
