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An Act of Parliament is a law enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. It is broadly equivalent to an Act of Congress in the United States. In Commonwealth English the term is used both in a narrow sense, as the formal description of a law passed in certain territories, and in a wider (generic) sense for primary legislation passed in any country. A draft Act of Parliament is known as a bill. In territories with a Westminster system, most bills that have any possibility of becoming law are introduced into parliament by the government. This will usually happen following the publication of a "white paper", setting out the issues and the way in which the proposed new law is intended to deal with them. A bill may also be introduced into parliament without formal government backing; this is known as a Private Member's Bill.
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