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Crown, unless it is therein expressly stated, or unless it appears by necessary implication, that the Crown is bound thereby.
30. Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under two or more Ordinances or both under an Ordinance and at common law, whether any such Ordinance was passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, the offender shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of such Ordinances or at common law, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence.
31. In the measurement of any distance for the purposes of any Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, that distance shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.
32. Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Ordinance, deed, or other legal instrument, the time referred to shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be held to be local mean time.
33. Where an Ordinance, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, confers power to make, grant, or issue any instrument, that is to say, any Order-in-Council, order, warrant, scheme, letters patent, rules, regulations, or by-laws, expressions used in the instrument, if it is made after the commencement of this Ordinance, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same respective meanings as in the Ordinance conferring the power.
34.(1.) Where an Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance confers a power or imposes a duty, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires.
(2.) Where an Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance confers a power or imposes a duty on the holder of an office, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed by the holder for the time being of the office.
35. Where an Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance is not to come into operation immediately on the passing thereof, and confers power to make any appointment, to make, grant, or issue any instrument, that is to say, any Order-in-Council, order, warrant, scheme, letters patent, rules, regulations, or by-laws, to give notice, to prescribe forms, or to do any other thing for the purposes of the Ordinance, that power may, unless the contrary intention appears, be exercised at any time after the passing of the Ordinance, so far as ...