Marginal notes. 18. (1) Where any section, subsection or paragraph of any Ordinance is taken verbatim from, or is substantially similar to, a section, subsection or paragraph of any imperial enactment, there may be added the marginal note of the section, subsection or paragraph of the Ordinance a reference, in abbreviated form, to such section, subsection or paragraph of the imperial enactment.
(2) A reference added under subsection (1) shall not have any legislative effect and shall not in any way vary, limit or extend the interpretation of any Ordinance.
(3) A marginal note to any provision of any Ordinance shall not have any legislative effect and shall not in any way vary, limit or extend the interpretation of any Ordinance.
General principles of interpretation. 19. An Ordinance shall be deemed to be remedial and shall receive such fair, large and liberal construction and interpretation as will best ensure the attainment of the object of the Ordinance according to its true intent, meaning and spirit.
PART IV.
Commencement, disallowance, amendment and repeal.
Commencement of Ordinance. 20. Every Ordinance shall—
- (a) be published in the Gazette; and
- (b) come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding the day of such publication or, if it is provided in the Ordinance or in some other law that such Ordinance shall come into operation on some other day, then it shall come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding such other day.
Disallowance. 21. (1) Where any Ordinance is disallowed by Her Majesty, such disallowance shall be notified by the Governor by notice in the Gazette; and from and after the date of publication of such notice the Ordinance shall cease to have effect.
(2) Where notice of disallowance of any Ordinance is notified in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), the provisions of section 23 shall apply in respect of such disallowance as if the words “disallowance” and “disallowed” were substituted therein for the words “repeal” and “repealed” respectively.
(3) Any Ordinance repealed or amended by any Ordinance disallowed shall revive and continue in force in its original form with effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1).
