Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

hodgepodge act.

A statute that deals with incongruous subjects. "Hodge-Podge Act .... Such acts, besides being evident proofs of the ignorance of the makers of them, or of then want of good faith, are calculated to create a confusior which is highly prejudicial to the interests of justice .... In many states bills, except general appropriation bills, can contain but one subject, which must be expressed in the title." 1 John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1444 (8th ed. 1914).