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INTERPRETATION.
No. 31 of 1911.
Measure- ment of distances.
mutatis mutandis in the case of references to rules, regulations, appendices, by-laws, forms and other divisions or portions of Ordinances, where such references are made by number or letter only and not in conjunction with the titles or numbers of Ordinances or parts of Ordinances.
27. In the measurement of any distance for the purposes of any Ordinance, that distance shall, unless the contrary intention 52 & 53 Vict. appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.
c. 63, s. 34.
References to time.
Meaning of
service by
post.
52 & 53 Vict.
c. 63, s. 26.
Meaning of writing. 52 & 53 Vict.
c. 63, s. 20.
28.—(1) Whenever any expression of time occurs in any enactment or in any legal document, the time referred to shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be held to be standard time.
The expression standard time' means standard time as used in the Colony: that is to say, the mean time of the 120th meridian east of Greenwich, which is exactly eight hours in advance of Greenwich mean time.
(2) The expression "a.m." indicates the period between midnight and noon on the day succeeding; and the expression 'p.m." indicates the period between noon and the midnight following; and where in any enactment two such expressions occur conjunctively in relation to any specified hours, or in conjunction with the words "
sunset
sunrise", they shall be construed to relate to consecutive periods of time.
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or
29. Where any Ordinance authorizes or requires any docu- ment to be served by post, whether the expression serve" or
give or send "
or any other expression is used, then unless
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the contrary intention appears, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying 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.
30. In any enactment expressions referring to writing or printing shall include, unless the contrary intention appears, writing, printing, lithography, photography, typewriting and every other mode of representing words or figures in a visible form; but in the case of a book " printing "shall not include writing or typewriting.
Nothing in this section shall be taken to apply to signatures,
"'oath"
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31. In all Ordinances, unless the contrary intention appears, Meaning of the words "oath" and affidavit include, in the cases of "affidavit" persons allowed or required by law to affirm instead of swearing, and "affirmation" and "swear
in the like cases, includes affirm ".
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"swear". 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 3.
32. Where in any enactment Chinese words or terms are Use of
Chinese ex- used, or where English words are used, followed in brackets
pressions in or otherwise by Chinese words or terms, whether in Chinese Ordinances. characters or not, the Chinese words or terms shall be held to be included in the enactment, and the meaning and construction thereof shall be in accordance with Chinese language and
custom.
33. Where the words " or ", other and otherwise Meaning of "or". are used, they shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be
"other", construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless "other- the word similar" or some other word of like meaning is wise" added.
Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect section 5 of Ordinance the Penalties Amendment Ordinance, 19h.
No. 30 of 1911.
proof where
34. Where the offence with which any person is charged is— Burden of (1) the doing of any act; or
(2) the omission to do any act; or
(3) the possession or custody of any matter or thing, without lawful or reasonable authority or purpose or excuse, the proof of such authority or purpose or excuse shall lie on the person charged with the offence.
acts done without
lawful ex-
cuse, etc.
35. In the construction of every Ordinance relating to an Meaning of offence punishable on indictment or on summary conviction, the "person" in
criminal expression "person" shall, unless the contrary intention appears, Ordinances. include a body corporate.
52 & 53 Vict.
c. 63, s. 2. Leƒ. s. 39- F (12).]
number.
36. In all enactments, unless the contrary intention appears, Rules as to words importing the masculine gender shall include females, and gender and words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the 52 & 53 Vict. plural shall include the singular.
c 63, s. 1.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
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