Editing Legislation (section)

{{Short description|Legislative or parliamentary law}}
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'''Legislation''' is the process or result of [[enrolled bill|enrolling]], [[enactment of a bill|enacting]], or [[promulgation|promulgating]] [[law]]s by a [[legislature]], [[parliament]], or analogous [[Government|governing body]].<ref>See Article 289(3) of the [[Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]]</ref> Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a [[bill (proposed law)|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 outlaw, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare, or to restrict. It may be contrasted with a non-legislative act by an [[Executive (government)|executive]] or administrative body under the authority of a legislative act.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Is the European Legislator after Lisbon a real Legislature?  |author=Wim Voermans |journal=Legislacao Cadernos de Ciencia de Legislacao |volume=50 |pages=391–413 [402] |date=December 2009  |quote=Within the category of legal acts provided for by the TFEU, a distinction is made between legislative acts and non-legislative acts. Legislative acts are decisions adopted under the ordinary or special legislative procedure (Article 289(3) of the TFEU) and non-legislative acts are decisions that are adopted pursuant to delegation or for the purpose of implementing a legislative act (Articles 35 See Article 288 of the TFEU, last 290 and 291 of the TFEU)}}</ref>