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{{ commence-“ment" in past
17.(1.) In this Ordinance and in every other Ordinance, whether
Meaning of
ed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, the word "commencement," when used with reference to an Ordinance, shall mean
time at which the Ordinance comes into operation.
Where any Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, or any Order of the Governor-in-Council, order, warrant, letters patent, rules, regulations, or by-laws made, granted, or ed under a power conferred by any such Ordinance, is or are expressed to come into operation on a particular day, the same shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the previous day.
18. In this Ordinance and in every other Ordinance, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of
representing or reproducing words in a visible form.
"other
and future
Ordinances.
Meaning of "writing "in past and
future Ordinances.
Meaning of similar words
or" and
19. In this Ordinance and in every Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, the words "or," "other," and "otherwise"
shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless the word "similar," or some equivalent expression, is added.
Ordinances.
20. In this Ordinance and in every other Ordinance, whether passed
Meaning of
* statutory before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, the expression: "statutory declaration" shall, unless the contrary intention appears, mean a declaration made by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act,
Ordinances.
1885 of the Imperial Parliament or of the Statutory Declarations
5 & 6 Will. 4.
Ordinance, 1893.
future
c. 62. Pro No. 8 of 1893.
**
service by post" in future
Ordinances.
21. Where an Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance authorizes or requires any document to be served by post, whether the word "serve," or the word "give," or the word "send," or any other word or expression is used, then, unless the contrary intention appears, service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying, and posting a letter containing the document, and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
New Rules of Construction.
22. Every Ordinance, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be a public Ordinance and shall be judicially noticed as such, unless the contrary is expressly provided by
Ordinances.
the Ordinance,