MEANING OF ACT AND CODE
An act is an instrument that records a fact or something that has been said, done, or agreed. Acts generally take the form of legal instruments of writing that have probative value and executory force. They are usually accepted as self-authenticating demonstrative evidence in court proceedings, though with the precarious status of notaries public and their acts under common law, this is not always so.
Common types of acts are legislative, judicial, and notarial acts.
An Act is a decree that is approved by the respective legislature i.e. in India’s case State Legislative Assembly or Parliament of India. An Act is employed in specific situations meaning establishing regulations and rules in specified domains.
An example of this is the Indian Companies Act which regulates the formation and functioning of companies or corporations in India. An Act is represented by the bill it is passed for and will not be enforced until it becomes law. An Act is originally a bill that is proposed by the Parliament first and when it gets approval from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the President as well, it becomes an act. Acts are provisions enacted by a legislative body or the government for the people the understand the meaning of specific circumstances
CODE:
A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done. Code is a collection of laws, rules or regulations that are systematically arranged. Code is not only a compilation of already existing statutes but also of the unwritten law on any subject composed of materials available from all sources. Uniform Commercial Code and the United States Code are examples of codes. Code is also termed consolidated laws. In making a code, new laws will be included and existing old laws may be repealed to constitute a complete system.
A collection of written laws gathered together, usually covering the specific subject matter. Thus, a state may have a civil code, corporations code, education code, evidence code, health and safety code, insurance code, labor code, motor vehicle code, penal code, revenue and taxation code, and so forth.
Federal statutes which deal with legal matters are grouped together in codes. There are also statutes that are not codified. Despite their apparent permanence, codes are constantly being amended by legislative bodies. Some codes are administrative and have the force of law even though they were created and adopted by regulatory agencies and are not actually statutes or laws.