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INTRODUCTION
The Executive is part of government that has the sole authority and responsibility for the
daily administration of the state. Executive means leader of office or many office run. The
executive branch executes or enforces the law. The division of power into separate branches
of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.
The separation of powers system is designed to distribute authority among several branches
an attempt to preserve individual liberty in response to tyrannical leadership throughout
history. The executive officer is not supposed to make laws (the role of the legislature) or
interpret them (the role of the judiciary). The role of the executive is to enforce the law as
written by the legislature and interpreted by the judicial system.
The executive can be the source of certain types of law, including decree or executive order.
Executive bureaucracies are commonly the source of regulations.
In a presidential system the leader of the executive branch is both the head of state and head
of government. In a parliamentary system, a cabinet minister responsible to the legislature is
the head of government, while the head of state is usually a largely ceremonial monarch or
president.
2. Diplomatic function
3. Military Function
5. Judicial Function
6. Constituent Function
7. Legislative Function
(a) Law-Making
(b) To summon and provoke the House
(c) Promulgation of Ordinance
(d) Delegated Legislation
8. Welfare Function
9. Miscellaneous Functions
2. Welfare of People
3. Overburdened Legislature
4. Planning
5. Delegated Legislation
6. Administrative Adjudication
7. Emergency Situations