Construction
granting
powers to
(2.) Where any Ordinance confers a power or privilege, § 34 (1) & of provisions or imposes a duty on the holder of any office as such, then, (2).
unless the contrary intention appear, the power may be exercised and the duty shall or may be performed, as the case may be, by the holder of the office for the time being, or by any officer appointed to act in, or perform the duties of, the said office for the time being.
public officers.
Construction
27.—(1.) When reference is made in any enactment to New. M. of references the numbers of any series of sections of any enactment, or
13 (2). to any part of any enactment, the reference shall be beld to be inclusive of the sections or words mentioned in the reference.
to other enactments:
and to a
(2.) When any partienlar number of days or hours is § 7. series of days, prescribed for the doing of any act or for any orber purpose, the same shall, unless the contrary intention appear, be reckoned exclusive of the first and inclusive of the last day or hour.
Measurement
28. In the measurement of any distance for the purposes $31. of listances. of any Ordinance that distance shall, unless the contrary intention appear, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.
References to time.
Meaning of service by post.
Meaning of writing.
Meaning of
oath". **affidavit and swear".
Use of
Chinese ex-
pressions in Ordinances.
Meaning of "or" "other"
Any
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29.--(1.) Whenever any expression of time oceurs in enactment or in any legal document, the time referred to shall, unless the contrary intention appear, be held to be
standard time.
(2.) The expression “a.m." indicates the period between Now. midnight and noon on the day succeeding; and the expres- sion
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, they shall be construed to relate to consecutive periods of time.
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30. Where any Ordinance authorises or requires any $21. document to be served by post, whether the expression serve or "give", or "send", or any other expression is used, then, unless the contrary intention appear, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly address- ing, 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.
31. In any enactment expressions referring to writing § 18. shall include, unless the contrary intention appear, printing, lithography, photography, type-writing, and every other mode of representing words or figures in a visible form.
case of
32. In all Ordinances, unless the contrary intention § 8. appear, the words "oath" and "affidavit" include, in the persons allowed or required by law to declare or solemuly affirm instead of swearing, "declaration and "solemn affirmation": and swear in the like case, includes “declare" and "solemnly affirm ".
33. Where in any enactment Chinese terms or expros- New; based sions are used, or where English words are used, followed, on M. 26. in brackets or otherwise, by Chinese terms or expressions, whether in Chinese characters or not, the Chinese term or expression shall be held to be included in the cunctment, and the English words, if any, shall be held to be the equivalent of the Chinese term or expression.
34. Where the words "or", "other", and "otherwise "otherwise", are used, they shall, unless the contrary intention appear, be construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless the word "similar", or some other word of like meaning, is added.
Meaning of
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person in
Criminal
Ordinances,
Masculine
words and
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35. In the construction of every Ordinance relating to § (1). an offence punishable on indictment or ou summary convie- tion, the expression person" shall, unless the contrary intention appear, include a body corporate.
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36. In all enactments, unless the contrary intention $ 3 (1). words in the appear, words importing the masculine gender shall include singular. females, and words in the singular shall include the plural,
and words in the plural shall include the singular.
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