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<h1>Substantive law creates rights while procedural law enforces them with different retrospective application rules</h1> Substantive law creates, defines and regulates rights, while procedural law provides methods for enforcing those rights. Substantive law includes statutes like the Sale of Goods Act and Interest Act that establish legal rights and obligations. Procedural law establishes mechanisms for determining and enforcing these rights. Courts have established that substantive law operates prospectively unless expressly made retrospective, whereas procedural law can operate retrospectively since there are no vested rights in procedure. When substantive law changes during pending litigation, parties' rights are determined according to the law existing when the action began, unless the new statute clearly intends to vary such rights.