Amit Shah inaugurates training program on legislative drafting

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Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a training program on legislative drafting in New Delhi on 15 May.

An Overview of the News

• The event is organised by the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies in association with the Institute of Parliamentary Research and Training for Democracy.

• The objective of the program is to create an understanding of the principles and practices of legislative drafting among officials of Parliament, State Legislatures, Ministries, Statutory Bodies and other Government Departments.

Legislative Drafting:

• It is the process of making legislation and related written material and includes the formulation and structure of laws enacted by the legislature.

• Enacted laws are the official laws of the country and are legally binding.

• Legislative drafting considers legislative intent, which refers to the aims and objectives of proposed legislation.

• Specific legal language and terminology are used in legislative drafting to ensure precision and clarity.

• Its goal is to create laws that are clear, consistent and accessible to the general public.

• The purpose of legislative drafting is to develop laws that serve the intended purposes and are in tune with the needs of the society.