The enacting clause follows the title and is a necessary part of every bill.

Since it does not follow an enacting clause, it has no legal force.

Preamble In a bill, a statement of purpose or explanation that is inserted between the title and the enacting clause.

Provisions of the public laws that contain only enacting clauses, effective dates, and similar matters are not generally codified.

Enacting Clause.

Enacting Clause The phrase in a bill that formally expresses the legislative sanction of the General Assembly.

Title of Bill The caption of a bill that precedes the enacting clause and expresses the subject of the bill.

In Acts of Parliament the phrase "The King's [Queen's] Most Excellent Majesty" is used in the enacting clause.

Because of the sovereign's place in the enactment of laws, the enacting clause of acts of parliament may mention him or her, as well as the other one or two bodies of parliament.

(All three states have strong traditions of popular sovereignty; they are among the minority of U.S. states whose enacting clauses and criminal prosecutions are done in the name of the people, rather than the state.)

Fully consistent with Armed Services Committee practice under Republican and Democratic leadership, the committee will strike all of the provisions after the enacting clause and insert the Chairman's mark when it considers the legislation in May.

The Clerk signs one authentic copy of the Bill, and inserts the date in which when Royal Assent was notified to the two Houses between the text of the enacting clause and the first section of the Act.

Mike, however, followed its career in the Senate, and at the last moment, almost by accident, discovered that it had been "amended" by the simple process of striking out everything after the enacting clause and unobtrusively substituting the proposal to remit the elevated railway taxes!

Last week, Democrats forced the House to hold 16 procedural roll-call votes, on such matters as "tabling the motion to reconsider the motion to order the previous question," or "that the committee rise and report the bill back to the House with a recommendation that the enacting clause be stricken."

The government, consisting of the Monarch and the ministers will then usually approve the proposal and the King and one of the ministers sign the proposal with the addition of an enacting clause, thereafter notifying the States-General that "The King assents to the proposal".

The same bitter war over the sum to be paid was fought over again, and now that the ayes and nays could be called and placed on record, every man was compelled to vote by name on the three millions, and indeed on every paragraph of the bill from the enacting clause straight through.