Interpretation acts
Subtitle: origins and meaning
By: Chad Jacobi
Publisher: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited/Lawbook Co.
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Pyrmont, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780455500607
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Law; Interpretation and construction; Statutes; Common law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: Interpretation acts; title: PRELIMINARY; title: Binding the Crown; title: Acts deemed to be Public Acts; title: DEFINITIONS; title: "Persons" and "Corporations"; title: "Month"; title: "Oaths"; title: "Land"; title: "County"; title: STATUTES; title: Commencement and evidence of assent; title: Citation and reference; title: Revival; title: Amendment and repeal in the same session; title: GENERAL RULES; title: Effect of repeal; title: Material parts of an Act; title: Within Power; title: Remedial reading; title: Gender and Number; title: Prescribed forms; title: An Act is "Always Speaking"; title: Confirming an interpretation; title: Substitution; title: "May" and "Shall"; title: Double jeopardy; title: Penalties; title: DISTANCE AND TIME; title: Distance; title: Time; title: Acting with "all convenient speed"; title: POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES; title: From time to time; title: Power to appoint and re-appoint; title: Purported acts and 'de facto' officers; title: Delegation; title: INSTRUMENTS; title: Same meaning.