ABSTRACT

The purpose of a codifying Act is to declare the law on a particular subject matter in the form of a code. In codification the various areas of the law, such as equity, the common law, orders of the executive and judicial decisions are examined and then condensed in the form of a code. In other words, the entire law on a particular subject matter is extracted from case law and any other relevant enactments, and placed into one single Act. This compilation is then used as the prima facie evidence of the existing law.