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No. 31 of 1911.
INTERPRETATION.
Proceedings not abated by change in office.
Construction of references to other enactments;
and to a series of days.
Construction of references to sections,
etc.
may be, by the holder of the office for the time being, or by any person appointed to act in, or perform the duties of, the said office for the time being.
(3) Any civil or criminal proceedings taken by or against any person in virtue of his office shall not be discontinued or abated by his death, resignation or absence or removal from office, but may be carried on by or against, as the case may be, the person appointed to perform the duties of the office.
(4) Where any Ordinance gives power to make an appointment to any office, it shall not be necessary in any such appointment to name any particular individual and the appointment may be of the holder of any other office in the name of that office, in which case the person who is for the time being performing the duties of the office last above referred to shall be deemed to have been appointed to the office first above referred to.
26. (1) Where reference is made in any enactment to any series of sections of, or other divisions of, any enactment, or to any part of any enactment, the reference shall be held to be inclusive of the sections or divisions or words mentioned in the reference.
(2) When any particular number of days is prescribed for the doing of any act or for any other purpose, the same shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be reckoned exclusive of the first and inclusive of the last day.
26A.—(1) Where in any Ordinance there is a reference to a section, Part, Chapter or Schedule by number or letter only and not in conjunction with the title or serial number of an Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the section, Part, Chapter or Schedule of that number or letter contained in the Ordinance in which such reference occurs.
(2) Where in any section of any Ordinance there is a reference to a sub-section or paragraph by number or letter only and not in conjunction with the number of any section of that or of any other Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the sub-section or paragraph of that number or letter contained in the section in which such reference occurs.
(3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall apply