A law promulgated by an administrative agency is called?

• A. Administrative law
• B. Enabling act
• C. Statute
• D. Power of judicial review

Answer: (C)

The essential idea is the difference between a statute and a regulation. A statute is a law passed by the legislature. An administrative agency, once granted authority through an enabling act, writes rules that implement and interpret that statute. These rules are called regulations (or administrative regulations). They have the force of law, but they are not statutes themselves—the agency creates them under its rulemaking power.

Because the question points to an agency’s own law, the correct concept would be a regulation, not a statute. Administrative law is the field that governs how agencies operate and issue these regulations, while the power of judicial review is about courts examining the legality of agency actions.