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Answer: A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or a legislative body. Acts are published soon after they are passed and are usually allocated a running number in the year of passage. As an act is amended over time by other legislation, it may be reprinted to incorporate the amendments. This makes it easier to determine the law as it stands at a certain date.

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