Muudatustega

Muudatustega is a term used in Estonian to describe legal documents that have been amended or modified from their original form. The word comes from muudatus, meaning amendment, and the form muudatustega functions as an instrumental/comitative construction indicating “with amendments.” It is common in official texts to mark a document as seadus muudatustega, meaning the law with amendments.

In legislative practice, amendments can be proposed by government bodies, parliamentary committees, or individual members during the consideration of a bill. Amendments are examined in committees, debated in plenary sessions, and voted on. If an amendment is adopted, the text of the act is changed accordingly, and several amendments may be combined into a consolidated version. The process aims to refine, correct, or update the original proposal.

Once adopted, the amended act is published in official sources and becomes the current legal text. Public databases and gazettes typically label the version as "muudatustega" to signal that the act has been amended. Transitional provisions may specify when the changes take effect and how they interact with existing rights and obligations.

Usage of the phrase extends beyond formal legislation to parliamentary records and legal commentary, where it helps readers distinguish between the original text and its modified form. It also serves to clarify the status of a document in legal, administrative, and archival contexts.

See also: Amended act, legislative process, Estonian law, legal amendments.