ABSTRACT
The authority of judges to ‘make new law’ seldom extends beyond their power to interpret the facts contained in the cases they hear. Parliament has no such restriction; it has the authority of being the supreme governing body of the country elected by the enfranchised population. New laws are introduced, debated and decided by simple majority of the Houses of Parliament or their committees. Acts of Parliament prescribe the law of the land directly and indirectly by subsidiary forms of legislation which include statutory instruments, bylaws, government white paper and circulars. Normally the statutes themselves provide for their own implementation but matters arising from a failure to comply with the law are dealt with by the courts. They also administer the penalties and sanctions precipitated if the law is transgressed.
