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NO. 4 OF 2021
Related amendments to Interpretation Act
11. The Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) is amended—
- (a) by repealing section 8 and substituting the following section:
- “Mode of referring to written laws
- 8.—(1) It is sufficient for all purposes to refer to a written law—
- (a) in the case of an Act—
- (i) by the year of its enactment and its number among the Acts enacted in that year;
- (ii) where the Act, as enacted or revised, provides that it may be cited by a short title — by that short title; and
- (iii) where the Act is a revised edition published before the date of commencement of section 5 of the Statute Law Reform Act 2021 under any law providing for a revised edition—by its chapter number and the year of the revised edition; and
- (b) in the case of a piece of subsidiary legislation that, as made or revised, provides for the manner of its citation—by that citation.
- (a) in the case of an Act—
- (2) A reference for the purposes of subsection (1) may be made according to copies of written laws printed by the Government Printer.
- (3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a written law in accordance with subsection (1) is to be read as a reference to the written law as amended from time to time by any other written law.
