enact n.

①制定；通过（法律等）

②颁布；发布（命令等）

例The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to ban the promotion of tobacco products and enact legislation to ensure that all enclosed public environments are completely free of tobacco.

【参考译文】委员会建议缔约国采取措施禁止促销烟草产品并制定立法确保所有封闭的公共环境完全无烟草。

例 According to a rule of both customary and conventional international law, a party may not invoke the provisions of its own domestic law as justification for not applying a provision of international law; this rule entails a general obligation not only to align domestic law with the provisions of the international instrument concerned, but also not to enact legislation which is incompatible with that instrument.

【参考译文】根据习惯法以及传统国际法的一项规则，当事方不得引用其国内法条款，作为未适用国际法条款的合理理由；这一规则要求履行一项普遍义务，即不仅国内法律要与相关国际文书的条款相符，而且不得颁布与该文书不符的法律。

尽管enact在某种情况下可作为adopt（通过）的同义词使用，但原则上enact指立法机关的行为，而非行政行为。

例The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.

【参考译文】委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。

enacting clause （在法律的开头）说明法律的制定机构的条款  其格式为“兹由... 制定如下条款”[ Be it enacted by ... as follows，或... do enact]

例 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) Veterans Regulation Numbered 7 (a) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

【参考译文】第（7）（a）条关于退伍军人条例，现予以修正，由美利坚合众国参议院和众议院通过国会制定如下条款：

enact的名词形式：enactment 表示（法律的）制定

例The revision of laws discriminatory to women and enactment of women-friendly laws as well as ensuring and that women had access to decent jobs and social protection were cited as priority areas and challenges.

【参考译文】修订歧视妇女的法律和制定对妇女友好的法律、以及确保妇女能够获得体面的工作和社会保障等领域，被作为优先重点领域和主要挑战而提出。

参考

《牛津词典》

《元照英美法词典》

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