statute book

A similar bill was introduced during the last parliament, but it failed to make it onto the statute book before the general election.

Following Whiting's conviction, Mr Underhill said a "source of pride" for him was helping launch Child Rescue Alert and for seeing Sarah's Law on the statute books.

Allister described the deal between the last government and the European Union as an "undemocratic plundering of the Northern Ireland statute book".

“Everyone wants to be tough on crime. You wind up with statute books that are full of crimes, many of which don’t get prosecuted.”

But India remains among the three dozen countries - along with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia - where the law remains on the statute books.