As the title says. I was trying to search for the Japanese name of the Minor
Drinking Prohibition Act but when I couldn't find anything, I just took a shot
and typed in 未成年者飲酒防止法. By luck, I managed to get the law, but saw the only
difference was that 防止法 was 禁止法。

From my understanding, both of these seem to mean "law prohibiting something"
but I was wondering if there was any functional, subtle difference between the
two and how you know which one should be used.
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word-choice law
What's the difference between 防止法 and 禁止法?
It's 禁止法, not 防止法. 防止 means prevention. You say 防止策 or 防止対策 (ways to prevent).
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