Marginal notes.
General principles of inter- pretation,
Commence. ment of Ordinance.
Disallow-
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18. (1) Where any section, subsection or paragraph of any Ordin- ance is taken verbatim from, or is substantially similar to, a section, subsection or paragraph of any imperial enactment, there may be added to the marginal note of the section, subsection or paragraph of the Ordinance a reference, in abbreviated form, to such section, subsection or paragraph of the imperial enactment.
(2) A reference added under subsection (1) shall not have any legislative effect and shall not in any way vary, limit or extend the interpretation of any Ordinance.
(3) A marginal note to any provision of any Ordinance shall not have any legislative effect and shall not in any way vary, limit or extend the interpretation of any Ordinance.
19. An Ordinance shall be deemed to be remedial and shall receive such fair, large and liberal construction and interpretation as will best ensure the attainment of the object of the Ordinance according to its true intent, meaning and spirit.
PART IV.
COMMENCEMENT, DISALLOWANCE, AMENDMENT AND REPEAL.
20. Every Ordinance shall-
(a) be published in the Gazette; and
(6) come into operation on the expiration of the day next preced- ing the day of such publication or, if it is provided in the Ordinance or in some other law that such Ordinance shall come into operation on some other day, then it shall come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding such other day.
21. (1) Where any Ordinance is disallowed by Her Majesty, such disallowance shall be notified by the Governor by notice in the Gazette: and from and after the date of publication of such notice the Ordinance shall cease to have effect.
(2) Where notice of disallowance of any Ordinance is notified in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), the provisions of section 23 shall apply in respect of such disallowance as if the words "disallowance" and "disallowed" were substituted therein for the words "repea!" and "repealed" respectively.
(3) Any Ordinance repealed or amended by any Ordinance dis- allowed shall revive and continue in force in its original form with effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in sub- section (1).
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22. Any Ordinance which amends any other Ordinance shall be Ordinance read and construed as one with the amended Ordinance, and the and amend- amended Ordinance may, in the amending Ordinance, be referred to ance to be as the "principal Ordinance", "principal regulations" or as the case read as pove, may be.
23. Where an Ordinance repeals in whole or in part any other Effect of Ordinance, the repeal shall not—
repral generally,
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which
the repeal takes effect:
(b) affect the previous operation of any Ordinance so repealed or anything chuly done or suffered under any Ordinance so repealed;
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired,
accrued or incurred under any Ordinance so repealed;
(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any Ordinance so repealed:
or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation. liability. penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investiga- tion, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Ordinance bad not been passed.
24. Where any Ordinance repealing in whole or in part any former Repealed Ordinance is itself repealed, such last repeal shall not revive the Ordin. Ordinance
not revived. ance or provision previously repealed, unless provision is made to that effect.
25. Where any Ordinance repeals in whole or in part any other Repeal and Ordinance and substitutes other provisions therefor, the repealed Ordin- sabacitation. ance shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into operation.
26. Where any Ordinance which has been amended by any other Repeat of Ordinance is repealed, such repeal shall include the repeal of all those amended
Ordinance provisions of such other Ordinance by which such first mentioned
to include Ordinance was amended.
amendmenti,
27. Upon the expiry or lapse of any Ordinance, the provisions of Effect of section 23 shall apply as if such Ordinance had been repealed.
expiry of Ordinance.
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