Sunday, July 26, 2009

Statutory guidance

Internal guidance
- This guidance provided in the PRINCIPLE ACT
- There is a definition sections which assits the judge to interpret
- 1)Closed definition - "means" narrowing down the range of definition
- 2)Open definition - "inculde" give a wide discretionary power to the courts to interpret the meaning of words and phrase.

External guidance
-This guidance provided in act other than PRINCIPLE ACT
- Using Acts of interpretation Act to give general interpretation guidance.

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