Legislative Drafting Manual

Superfluous Provisions
A drafter should avoid provisions which merely

Reproduce or restate or paraphrase binding provisions of a higher 
status law; or
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Declare binding provisions of a higher status law to be still binding.
EXAMPLE: (From Investment Incentives Regulation No. 84/2003)
“12. Penalty 
Any investor who acts contrary to Article 11 of these Regulations shall be 
punishable in accordance with Article 73 of the Re-establishment and 
Modernization of Customs Authority Proc. No. 60/1997.”
iii. 
Provisions Relating to Individuals  
A drafter should not include in the law such provisions which relate to neither to 
natural nor to legal persons specified by name (e.g. in case of appointment by 
name). 
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3.2. Substantive Content of Laws
3.2.1. Consistency with Policy Objectives
3.2.1.1. Addressing to Specific Policy Objective
A drafter should always check whether the policy objective(s) of requester body 
are clearly and properly addressed in the draft law. 
There might be various ways of ensuring this important issue, but the following 
mechanisms are highly recommended for a drafter to follow:- 
iv. 
Verification: a drafter should verify the content of the draft in line 
with the overall policy objective(s) given to him/her from the 
requester at the initial stage of the draft.
v. 
Report to Requester to Obtain Formal Feedback: this step also 
helps the drafter to find out whether an important aspect of policy 
objective is missed or not.
vi. 
Proper Consultation with the Requester: after passing through 
the above steps, the drafter should also prepare a sort of 
consultation forum with the requester (preferably with the policy 
makers) on the contents of the draft, and the discussion should be 
properly recorded to become part of the documentation.