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制定せいてい

seitei

enactment

N1

How to remember this word

制定 is formally creating a rule or law — written, passed, put on the books. 施行 later switches it on; 制定 is the moment it exists.

Example sentences

Example 1

shi wa atarashii jourei o seitei shimashita.

The city enacted a new ordinance.

Example 2

sabetsu o kinjiru jourei ga seitei sareru ni itatta haikei o setsumei shimasu.

I will explain the background that led to the enactment of an ordinance banning discrimination.