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be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; and
 (c) an Imperial Act may be cited by its short title (if any), or by reference to the regnal year in which it was passed and its chapter.

 (2) An enactment may be cited by reference to the part, section, subsection or other division of the Act, Ordinance or Imperial Act in which the enactment is contained.

 (3) Every such reference shall be made:
 (a) in the case of an Act or an Ordinance made under the Christmas Island Act 1958 — according to a copy of  the Act or Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth;
 (b) in the case of an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore — according to a copy of the Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of that Colony; and
 (c) in the case of an Imperial Act — according to a copy of the Act printed or purporting to be printed by the Queen's Printer in London.

8A References to Ordinances

  Where an Ordinance contains:
 (a) a reference to the short title of another Ordinance as originally made; or
 (b) a reference to a method of citation that is, or at any time has been, provided by law for the citation of another Ordinance as amended,
         then, except so far as the contrary intention appears:
 (c) the reference shall be construed as a reference to that other Ordinance as originally made and as amended from time to time; and
 (d) where that other Ordinance has been repealed and remade, with or without modification, the reference shall be construed as including a reference to the remade Ordinance as originally made and as amended from time to time and, where, in connexion with that reference, particular provisions of the repealed Ordinance are referred to, being provisions to which provisions of the remade Ordinance correspond, the reference to those particular provisions shall be construed as including a reference to those corresponding provisions.

8B References to Acts

  Where an Ordinance contains:
 (a) a reference to the short title of an Act as originally enacted; or
 (b) a reference to a method of citation that is, or at any time has been, provided by law for the citation of an Act as amended,
then, except so far as the contrary intention appears:
 (c) the reference shall be construed as a reference to the Act as originally enacted and as amended from time to time; and
 (d) where that Act has been repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, the reference shall be construed as