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This Act is the Interpretation Act 1965. PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF INTERPRETATION. Interpretation of certain words and expressions. 2.— (1) In this Act, and in every written law enacted before, on or after 28 December 1965 (but without affecting anything done before that date) —
—(1) In the interpretation of a provision of a written law, 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) is to be preferred to an interpretation that would not promote that purpose or object.
Nov 6, 2024 · A print-out from this website is not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer for the purposes of section 48 of the Interpretation Act 1965
A. Scope of article. Section 9A was introduced to our Interpretation Act2 in 1993. It is quite undoubtedly the most significant development in the law and practice of statutory interpretation in Singapore.
Interpretation Act ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS OF INTERPRETATION 2. Interpretation of certain words and expressions 2A. Criteria for determining death PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING WRITTEN LAW 3. Acts to be public Acts 4. Acts to be divided into sections without introductory words 5. Schedules ...
In the Interpretation Act 1965, in section 2. (a) in subsection (1), delete and in every written law enacted. “ before or after 28 December 1965, the following words and expressions shall, without prejudice to anything done.
—(1) In the interpretation of a provision of a written law, 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) is to be preferred to an interpretation that would not promote that purpose or object.
The constitutional documents, consisting of the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965, the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 and the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore; the Imperial and English Ac. Private Acts and Ordinances. The 2020 Revised Edition has the following aims:
Interpretation Act 1965. Table of Contents. Long Title. 1 Short title. Part 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS OF INTERPRETATION. Part 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING WRITTEN LAW. 4 Acts to be divided into sections without introductory words. 9 Construction in an Act of references to sections, etc. 9A Purposive interpretation of written law and use of ...
Fifteen years ago, the Singapore Parliament in 1993 swiftly passed the Interpreta-tion (Amendment) Act 1993, enacting into law statutory provisions 12 within the then-existing Interpretation Act, heralding in by way of legislative reform a new era of statutory interpretation in Singapore.
