Once enacted by the parliament, a bill becomes a primary text and is an enforceable law. In other words, if provisions of the primary text are violated or contravened, they can be enforced, including by way of fines, punishment, or a court case. A primary text comprises multiple clauses, known as articles or sections. There are general provisions or clauses in a law, which provide specific guidance.
Example: Nigeria Food and Drug Act. An Act might have clauses known as sections, articles, or provisions, e.g. a clause might grant authority to a particular department or authority to make secondary texts for the implementation and enforcement of primary texts.
See also, legislature, federal, local governments in the primer on public law and regulation. Compare and contrast secondary texts, decrees, guidelines, standards, rules and regulations.