Interpretation Act (with its variations) is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster system, Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title an ...

used for

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, the

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and the

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relating to interpretation of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as the Interpretation Bill during its passage through Parliament. Interpretation Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to interpretation.

List

Australia

Commonwealth *The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 States and territories * Interpretation Act 1967 (ACT) * Legislation Act 2001 (ACT) * Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) * Interpretation Act 1978 (NT) * Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld) * The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas.) * Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (Vic.) * Interpretation Act 1984 (WA)

Canada

Federal *The Interpretation Act, RSC 1985, c I-21 Provinces and territories *The Interpretation Act, RSA 2000 c I-8 *The Interpretation Act, RSBC 1986 c I-238 *The Interpretation Act, C.C.S.M. c. I80 *The Interpretation Act, RSNS 1989, c 235 *The Interpretation Act, RSNB 1973, c I-13 *The Interpretation Act, SNWT 2017, c 19 *The Interpretation Act, RSNWT (Nu) 1988, c I-8 *The Interpretation Act, RSO 1990, c I.11 *The Interpretation Act, RSPEI 1988, c I-8.1 *The Interpretation Act, CQLR c I-16 *The Interpretation Act, 1995, SS 1995, c I-11.2 *The Interpretation (Amendment) Act, SNL 2019, c 11 *The Interpretation Act, RSY 2002, c 125

Hong Kong

*The Interpretation and General Clauses and Ordinance 1966

Republic of Ireland

*The Interpretation Act 1923 *The Interpretation Act 1937 *The Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993 *The Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 *The Interpretation Act 2005

Malaysia

*The Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967

New Zealand

*The Legislation Act 2019 (No 58)

Singapore

United Kingdom

*The

Interpretation Act 1889 The Interpretation Act 1889 ( 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to statutory construction and provided definitions to shorten the language used in acts of Parliament. ...

*The Laying of Documents Before Parliament (Interpretation) Act 1948 *The

Interpretation Act 1978 The Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act makes provision for the interpretation of acts of Parliament, Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England, Measures of the Church Asse ...

Lord Brougham's Act has been described as an interpretation Act.Loveland, Ian. Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights. Third Edition. Butterworths. 2003. Page 67. Act of the Scottish Parliament *The Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 Act of the Senedd *The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland *The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 Measure of the Church Assembly *The Interpretation Measure 1925 Crown Dependencies *Guernsey: The Interpretation (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2016; Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948 *Isle of Man: The Interpretation Act 2015 *Jersey: The Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954

References

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