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In some legal traditions recitals may be used to set out the legal basis of the Act and the main steps in the procedure leading to its adoption/enactment.

12.1.In some legal traditions, the Act’s front-matter may include recitals, indicating:
  • the legal basis of the Act (the enabling provision which confers competence to adopt the Act);
  • proposals, guidelines, initiatives, drafts, requests, and opinions which must be obtained and, where appropriate, the procedure to be followed;
  • certain opinions and other non-mandatory procedural steps.
12.2.Recitals should, where possible, use standardised wording.

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