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How a part of an enactment should be construed

How penal statutes and statutes subject to the ejusdem generis rule should be construed

The basic rule in the interpretation of statutes

The fundamental rule of interpretation of statutes

The general rule of construction

The primary rule of interpretation of statute

The rationale for rules of construction

The rule of construction of statutes where the same or similar words of a statute which have received construction by a superior court are retained in a subsequent statute in pari materia

The rule of construction that whenever the intention is clear that the Act should have a retrospective operation, it must unquestionably be so construed

The rule that in interpreting statutes, the meaning of the words must be relied upon and given their legal effect

The rule that statutes must be read as a whole

The rule where a word is capable of two interpretations, one producing an injustice and the other conducive to a just result

When the courts will apply the liberal and literal rules of interpretation

Whether the court can add words into a statute

Whether the court must give effect of every legislation

Whether the rules of interpretation are binding on courts

Whether the rules of the construction of statutes can be used to prejudice the scope or effect of a statute where the same is clear

Whether there is a rule of construction which gives precedence of a last provision in the same statute which conflicts with a preceding one

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