Assertion: constitution's purpose | /r/HasProperty | stated in written law
Facets:
value: expressly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A purposive approach to statutory interpretation was mandated in Singapore in 1993 by the enactment of section 9A of the Interpretation Act, which requires a court to prefer an interpretation that would "promote the purpose or object underlying the written law (whether that purpose or object is expressly stated in the written law or not) ... to an interpretation that would not promote that purpose or object".