- Legislation: refers to rules that are made by a body that has been given the authority under the Constitution to make them.
- Statute law: A written law passed by a legislative body or a body of enacted laws passed by Parliament.
- Enactment: An Act or statutory Instrument or any provision of an Act or statutory instrument.
- Bill: A proposed law or an amendment to an existing law made by Parliament
- Act: A law passed by Parliament.
- Statutory Instrument: A secondary legislation usually made by a Minister.
- Bye-Laws: Secondary legislation made by local authorities.
- Memorandum: A brief of what a proposed law or an amendment covers.
- Date of Assent: A day in which the President signs an Act into law.
- Cabinet memorandum: a directive from cabinet instructing a Ministry and Attorney General’s Chambers (LDD) to prepare a Bill to be presented before Parliament.
