LAWS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Legal Fiction
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30 mark question on a statute we have not seen before. Essay question- be given a model question i. e. a question similar to the exam question. One of the essay questions will revolve around this class. Nb: a purpose section in legislation has no more power than any other section: interpretation: Unless the context otherwise requires" refers to a situation in which the definition following does not match with the definition given for a word or words. Use of the word includes" does not limit the clause to the sentence following that verb. Use of the word means" does limit the clause to the sentence following the verb. Marginal note: pre-2000 legislation run into text; post-2000 legislation set above the text. Even though content of a section may change as they go through parliament, marginal notes do not change, they are there to aid in the interpretation of the legislation.
