Interpretation of Statutes

Unit 1 — Legislation

Merits and demerits · Kinds ofstatutes

• Statutes (Enactments) — Meaning and Classification

Unit 2 — Interpretation and construction

Meaning · Significance of interpretation · Need for interpretation

Unit 3 — General principles of interpretation

Literal Rule, Golden Rule, MischiefRule

• Rules of interpretation of Statutes — Literal, Mischief and Golden rule of interpretation

Unit 4 — Subsidiary rules of construction- Ut res magisvaleat quam pereat, Nosciture a sociis, Ejus

Subsidiary rules of construction- Ut res magisvaleat quam pereat, Nosciture a sociis, Ejusdim generis, Expressiounuusest exclusion alterius, Contemporanea exposition estfortissima in lege. Methods of construction-Construction of general words -Beneficial and restrictive construction, Harmoniousconstruction.

• Rules of interpretation of Statutes — Literal, Mischief and Golden rule of interpretation

Unit 5 — Internal aids and external aids toconstruction

Internal aids and external aids toconstruction.

• Legislative Material — Internal Aids — Parts of a statute and their function in interpretation of a statute — Short and long titles, preamble, schedules, marginal headings, parts, and their captions, chapters and their

Unit 6 — Construction of penal statutes and taxing statutes

Rules of construction of Imperative and directory enactments- Interpretation of statutes in parimateria

Unit 7 — Interpretation of Constitution- Doctrine of severability, Doctrine of eclipse, Doctrine of

Interpretation of Constitution- Doctrine of severability, Doctrine of eclipse, Doctrine of prospective overruling, Doctrine of implied power, Doctrine of incidental and ancillary powers, Doctrine of implied prohibition, Doctrine of pith and substance, Doctrine of colourable legislation, Doctrine of territorialnexus.

Unit 8 — Commencement, operation, repeal and revival ofstatutes

Commencement, operation, repeal and revival ofstatutes.

• Commencement of Statutes — Prospective application, Retrospective effect, Repeal of Statutes, Provisions dealing with repeal under the General Clauses Act

Unit 9 — General Clauses Act,1897

General Clauses Act,1897.

• General Clauses Act, 1897