Weightage (%)Module I : Introduction to Legislative Drafting

15%Definition of Law; Sources of Law- Codified and Uncodified Law; Codification of Law: Origin and Growth; History of Legislative Process; Relevance of Legislative Drafting; Different kinds of legislative instruments; Role of Legislative Drafters.

Module II: Constitutional Framework for Legislative Drafting 20%Process of Legislation in India- centre and state; Separation of Powers; Doctrine of Judicial Review; Distribution of legislative powers- Seventh Schedule; Doctrines of Interpretation of the Lists; Categorization of Bills; Procedure for introduction and passage of Bills; post legislative process; veto power of the President; Delegated Legislation- Vires of.

Module III : Basic Principles of Legislative Drafting

20%

Statement of Objects and Reasons; Basic Steps in Legislative Drafting; Design of the Draft Legislation; Legislative Sentence and Drafting Language; Clarity and Readability in Legislative Drafting; Punctuation Marks in Legislative Drafting; Good Governance and Providing in-built Mechanisms for Accountability, Transparency, Monitoring, Evaluation and Avoiding Corruption in a Bill; Constraints and Limitations of Legislative Drafting.

Module IV : Drafting a Bill

30%Bill and Kinds of Bills; Scheme and Logical Arrangement in a Bill; Main Parts of a Bill; Drafting Preliminary Clauses; Drafting Substantive Clauses; Drafting Administrative Clauses; Drafting Procedural Clauses; Drafting Financial Clauses; Drafting Penal Clauses; Drafting Good Governance, Providing in-built Mechanisms for Accountability, Transparency, Monitoring, Evaluation and Corruption Avoidance Clauses; Drafting Supplementary Clauses; Drafting Miscellaneous Clauses; Drafting Final Clauses; Drafting Schedules and Tables, etc.; Drafting Amending Bill; Drafting Statement of Objects and Reasons.

Module V: Significant Principles of Interpretation of Statutes to aid the legislative drafter. 15%