THE LAWS OF THE COMMUNITY (INTERPRETATION) ACT, 2004

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I

PRELIMINARY.

Section

1. Short Title.

Part II GenERal PROvisioNs oF InTERPreTation.

1. General Interpretation.

Part III Construction of Enactment.

1. Application of definitions.
2. Law always speaking.
3. Parts of Speech and Grammatical Forms.
4. Rules as to Gender and Number.
5. Disjunctive Construction of “or".

Part IV ProVIsion REGARDing Acts.

1. Assent to Bills.

. Numbering of Acts. 10. Words of Enactment. 11. Acts to be divided into sections. 12. Acts to be published, to be public Acts and to be judicially noticed. 13. Date of commencement to be published. 14. Commencement of Acts. 15. Exercise of Powers between publication of Act and commencement. 16. Power to provide for execution of duties of public office during temporary absence. 17. Delegation of powers.

Part V Procedure Following Passing of Bills.

1. Preparation of Assent copies.
2. Submission of copies of Assent.
3. Assent by the Heads or State.
4. Presentation of the Bill for assent under Articles 63 of the Treaty.
5. Numbering.
6. Original copies of Act assented by the Heads of State.
7. Publication.

Part VI PrOVIsiOnS REGaRDinG SUbSiDIARy LEGisLatioN.

1. Publication of subsidiary legislation.
2. Commencement of subsidiary legislation.
3. Retrospective operation of subsidiary legislation.
4. Construction of subsidiary legislation.
5. Acts done under subsidiary legislation deemed done under enabling Act.
6. Citation of subsidiary legislation.
7. Revocation, and amendment of subsidiary legislation.
8. Provisions with respect to powers to make subsidiary legislation.
9. Fees.
10. Relationship with parent legislation

Part VII Provision as to Enactment and Operation of Enactment.

1. Acts to be public Acts.
2. Sections to be substantive enactment.
3. Act may be altered or repealed.
4. Preambles and Schedules.
5. Headings, marginal notes and footnotes.
6. Punctuation.

Part VIII Amendment and Repeal of Written Law.

1. Construction of amending Act with amended Act.
2. Repeal of enactment as amended.
3. Repeal of repeal.
4. Repeal and substitution.
5. Effect of re-enacted provisions.
6. Effect of repealing provisions.

Part IX StatUtory PoWERS aNd DutIEs.

1. Exercise of power and duties.
2. Reference of holder of office includes successors.
3. Construction of enabling words.
4. Power to issue licence, discretionary.
5. Power to appoint includes power to suspend, dismiss.
6. Appointments by name or office.
7. Power of majority, quorum.
8. Exercise of power may be corrected.
9. Effect of appointment when retiring officer on leave.
10. "May" imports discretion, "shall" is imperative.
11. Power ofboard, etc, not affected by vacancy or certain defects.
12. Exercise of certain powers by delegate.

Part X General Provisions Regarding Time and Distance.

1. Reference to time.
2. Provision where no time is specified for doing act.
3. Construction of power to delegate.
4. Computation of time.
5. Reckoning years and months.
6. Age.
7. Distance.

Part XI General ProvIsion Regarding Legal ProceEdings And PENALITIES.

1. Ex-officio proceedings not to abate on death.
2. Imposition of penalty not a bar to civil action.