Enabling Statute
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Enabling statute. A statute giving powers of which the exercise may be obligatory or discretionary according to the enactment, as distinguished from peremptory or prohibitory Acts, e.g., 32 Hen. 8, c. 28, A.D. 1540.
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