The phrase "act does not authorize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to indicate that a specific act or law does not grant permission or authority for a particular action.
Example: "According to the regulations, the act does not authorize the use of funds for personal expenses."
Alternatives: "the act fails to permit" or "the act does not grant authority".
The universally received opinion is that no suit can be commenced or prosecuted against the United States; that the judiciary act does not authorize such suits.
The Court qualified the power to detain, finding that the Migration Act does not authorize the detention of an asylum seeker "at the unconstrained discretion" of the minister.
A17 Ruling on Environmental Power The Supreme Court, overturning a 15-year-old environmental regulation, ruled that the Clean Water Act does not authorize the government to regulate the dredging and filling of isolated ponds and wetlands.
Overturning a 15-year-old environmental regulation, the Supreme Court ruled today that the Clean Water Act does not authorize the federal government to regulate the dredging and filling of isolated ponds and wetlands.
Judge William H. Orrick dismissed the claim on the grounds that the Copyright Act does not authorize vesting copyright ownership in nonhumans, and PETA appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
This Court should reject that request, because the All Writs Act does not authorize such relief, and the Constitution forbids it.
In addition, the court said, the Holocaust Victims Redress Act did not authorize private lawsuits.
The Patriot Act did not authorize the government to gather calling records in bulk, the judges said.
As the petitioner, Garre argued that the 1960 act did not authorize monetary damages for a breach of trust duties.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story stated the Supreme Court found that the Patriot Act did not authorize the NSA's surveillance program.
Ruling on a program revealed by former government security contractor Edward Snowden, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the Patriot Act did not authorize the National Security Agency to collect Americans' calling records in bulk.
