As nouns the difference between provision and proviso is that provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use while proviso is a conditional provision to an agreement.

SYNONYMS FOR proviso 2 restriction, limitation, qualification.

The proper function of a proviso is to except and to deal with a case which would otherwise fall within the general language of the main enactment and its effect is confined to that case. It is a qualification of the preceding enactment which is expressed in terms too general to be quite accurate.

“A provision is a condition or requirement in a legal document. A clause is a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract.”

: a clause in a statute exempting something from the statute’s operation or providing that the rest of it will stand if part is held invalid also : a contractual clause providing that if part of the contract is invalidated the rest shall remain in effect. — called also savings clause.

Legal Definition of severability clause : a clause (as in a contract) which states that provisions are severable especially : a clause in a statute that makes the statute’s parts or provisions severable so that one part can be invalidated without invalidating the whole. — called also separability clause.

notwithstanding anything contained

1.17. The earliest Act on the subject was Bombay Act 10 of 1866. The first General Clauses Act in Madras and Bengal was enacted in 1867 (Madras Act 1 of 1867 and Bengal Act 5 of 1867).

The enactment of a law is the process in a parliament or other law-making body by which the law is agreed upon and made official. the call for the enactment of a Bill of Rights.

enacted – Once legislation has passed both chambers of Congress in identical form, been signed into law by the president, become law without his signature, or passed over his veto, the legislation is enacted.

Legislation is a law or a set of laws that have been passed by Parliament. The word is also used to describe the act of making a new law.

The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

The most important power of Congress is its legislative authority; with its ability to pass laws in areas of national policy. The laws that Congress creates are called statutory law. Most of the laws which are passed down by Congress apply to the public, and on some cases private laws.

A bicameral system describes a government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate that make up the U.S. Congress. The word bicameral is derived from the Latin: “bi” (meaning two) and “camera” (meaning chamber).