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Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · General Provisions Regarding Written Law
7A. Examples and illustrations
Feedback & supportWhere an Act includes an example or illustration of the operation of a provision —
act
Defined · s 2
“act”, in relation to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done are to be construed as extending to illegal omissions;
(a)
the example or illustration is not to be taken as exhaustive; and
(b)
if the example or illustration is inconsistent with the provision, the provision prevails.