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Provisional Order, an order by a Government department, called 'provisional' because it is of no force unless and until it is confirmed by Act of Parliament. In some cases, these orders are to have effect unless petitioned against or objected to by Parliament.

Procedure by provisional order has been increasingly and necessarily used in modern times for a very great variety of purposes; but the tendency in these orders to confer arbitrary powers upon the executive without appeal or with an appeal to the same executive exclusively has been severely commented upon by the judiciary and publicists: see LORD HEWARI, L.C.J., and next title.