References to subsidiary legislation under imperial Acts. 78. A reference in any law to any imperial Act shall include a reference to any Order in Council, rule, regulation, proclamation, order, notice, rule of court, by-law or other instrument made under or by virtue thereof and having legislative effect.
Construction of imperial enactments. 79. Any imperial enactment shall be construed in accordance with the terms thereof and of any interpretation statute applicable thereto and, to the extent to which no provision is made in the imperial enactment or in such statute for the interpretation thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance as if such imperial enactment were itself an Ordinance; and any reference in this Ordinance to an Ordinance shall, in the interpretation of an imperial enactment, include a reference to imperial enactments.
Proof of imperial enactments. 80. A copy of—
- (a) any printed collection purporting to be printed or published by authority; or
- (b) the Gazette, purporting to be printed by the Government Printer,
containing any imperial enactment, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and for all purposes whatsoever of the due making and tenor of such imperial enactment, without any proof being given that such copy was so printed.
PART XII.
Fees, penalties, offences and proceedings.
Attempts to commit offences. 81. (1) A provision in any Ordinance which creates or results in the creation of an offence shall be deemed to include a provision that an attempt to commit such an offence shall itself constitute an offence which may be dealt with and punished in like manner as if the offence had been committed.
(2) Where a person is charged with an offence, he may be convicted of having attempted to commit that offence although he was not charged with the attempt.
(3) Nothing in this section shall affect any law relating to attempts to commit offences at common law.
Reference to an offence to include attempts, etc. 82. (1) Where—
- (a) any Ordinance confers a power or imposes a duty which is to be exercised or performed consequent upon a conviction of an offence or in relation to a person who is detained in custody for an offence; or
