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Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · General Provisions Regarding Written Law
9B. Changes to style not to affect meaning
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Last amended by an amending law of 2021.
Where —
(a)
a provision of an Act has expressed an idea in a particular form of words; and
act
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“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;
(b)
a revised edition or a later provision of that Act, or a later Act, appears to have expressed the same idea in a different form of words for the purpose of using a clearer style,the ideas are not to be taken to be different merely because different forms of words were used.