Interpretation of Statutes including General Clauses Act
University of Kota · LL.B. Semester 2 · Paper 8(i)
Unit I — Interpretation of Statutes
Meaning of Interpretation — Basic principles of interpretation — intention of the legislature statute be read as a whole. Plain meaning rule. Harmonious Construction, Golden and Mischief rule — pith and substance rule. Aids to Interpretation — External — Parliamentary — legislative debates. Statement of objects and reasons. Dictionary. Statute in Pari materia. Contemporanea exposition, Internal — Title, preamble, Heading. Marginal Notes. proviso and function. Principle of Interpretation of Constitution and Penal and Fiscal Statutes.
- 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
- Rules of interpretation of Statutes — Literal, Mischief and Golden rule of interpretation
- Presumptions in Statutory interpretation — Statutes are valid, Statutes are territorial in operation, Presumption as to jurisdiction, Presumption against what is inconvenient or absurd, Presumption against intending injustice, Presumption against impairing obligations or permitting advantage from one's own wrong