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the Act or adopted as a law of the Territory by an Ordinance to an amount of money expressed in currency of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to the equivalent amount in Australian currency.

 (2) Where it is necessary for the purposes of subsection (1) or for the purposes of any Ordinance or law made under an Ordinance to convert an amount expressed in currency of the Colony of Singapore to the equivalent amount in Australian currency, the conversion shall be made on the basis that:
 (a) .294 dollar in Australian currency is the equivalent of One dollar in the currency of the Colony of Singapore; and
 (b) .294 cent in Australian currency is the equivalent of one cent in the currency of the Colony of Singapore.

 (3) Where, a calculation in accordance with subsection (2) results in the ascertainment of an amount in Australian currency that includes a percentage of a cent, then:
 (a) if the percentage is not greater than 0.45, the percentage shall be disregarded; or
 (b) if the percentage exceeds 0.45, the amount in cents shall be deemed to be increased by adding one to the number of cents (without the percentage).

 (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (2) or (3), the equivalent of an amount of 4 cents or less in the currency of the Colony of Singapore shall be deemed to be one cent in Australian currency.

 (5) In this section, a reference to the currency of the Colony of Singapore is a reference to the currency the continued use of which was authorized by subsection 19 (1) of the Christmas Island Act 1958.

24 References to persons, places, matters and things in existing laws

  Subject to this Ordinance, a law continued in force in the Territory by the Act, or adopted as a law of the Territory by an Ordinance, shall be read with such formal alterations as to persons, places, matters and things as are necessary to make the same applicable to the circumstances of the Territory.

25 Citation of Ordinances of Colony of Singapore

 (1) An Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore included in a revised edition of Ordinances issued before 31 December 1957 under a law of that Colony providing for the issue of a revised edition of Ordinances may be cited or referred to:
 (a) by its chapter number; or
 (b) by its short title as shown in that revised edition of Ordinances.

 (2) Any such citation or reference shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to the Ordinance as amended from time to time by any other Ordinance or law.

26 References to Ordinances of Colony of Singapore

  A