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    The Interpretation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to statutory...
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    effect of repeals, and duplicated offences. The Act repealed the whole of the Interpretation Act 1889, except for sections 13(4) and 13(5) and 13(14)...
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  • Interpretation Act 1901 States and territories Interpretation Act 1967 (ACT) Legislation Act 2001 (ACT) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Interpretation Act...
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    British Islands (category 1889 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    the Interpretation Act 1889. This definition applied to the Interpretation Act 1889 itself, and to every act passed after the commencement of that act on...
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    repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920, does not use any term to describe Northern Ireland. The Interpretation Act 1978 provides statutory definitions...
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    The Interpretation Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 21), also known as Lord Brougham's Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that simplified...
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  • Expedition of 1889-90, offensive on the tribes of the Chin and Lushai Hills Commissioners For Oaths Act (British statute) Interpretation Act 1889 (British...
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  • possessions: the Interpretation Act 1978 and the Interpretation Act 1889. In the reign of Queen Victoria (r. 1837–1901), the Interpretation Act 1889 defined the...
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    Morgan also pointed out that, unlike the Ireland Act 1949 and the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, devised under Sunningdale, the 1998 agreement...
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  • Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1. Law Commission; Scottish Law Commission, Report on the Interpretation Act 1889 and certain other...
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    of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. The date would have been recorded at the time as 6 March 1706...
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    The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government...
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    act to be enacted.".: 22 fn 43  When introduced in 1901, the Act was modelled on and adopted many of the rules set out in the Interpretation Act 1889...
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    the Interpretation Act 1978 as the year which ends on 31 March. This repeats an earlier similar definition in section 22 Interpretation Act 1889. This...
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    Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c. 38 (I)), assigned by a 1951 act of the...
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    British India and the native states or princely states. In its Interpretation Act 1889, the British Parliament adopted the following definitions: (4.)...
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    Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. (By virtue of Section 10 of the Interpretation Act 1889, this did not revive the ban.) This section, from "and be it" to...
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    effectively establishing parliamentary democracy Interpretation Act 1850, Interpretation Act 1889, Interpretation Act 1978, defining the language used in subsequent...
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    The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorised the alteration of...
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    British India and the Native States (or Princely States). In its Interpretation Act 1889, the British Parliament adopted the following definitions in Section...
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    Titles Act 1876 1876 Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 Reform Act 1884 1884 Interpretation Act 1889 1889 Parliament Act 1911 Aliens Restriction Act 1914 Status...
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    Calling of Parliament Act 2022 (c. 11) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and reinstated...
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    of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90), also known as the Home Rule Act, and before enactment as the Third Home Rule Bill, was an Act passed by the...
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    University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0195656107. OCLC 52992056. Interpretation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63), s. 18. Christophe, Jaffrelot (2003). India's...
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    The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British...
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  • 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 set out general savings for all repeals. These re-enact similar provisions from the Interpretation Act 1889, and before...
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    Following Anne's succession to the throne, the Parliament of Scotland passed the Act of Security 1704 which stipulated that the Parliament of Scotland had the...
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    from the subsequent Laws in Wales Act 1542, which led to ambiguity about its status as part of England or Wales.) The Act also extended the Law of England...
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    The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (c. 14) (FTPA) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, for the first time, set in legislation a default...
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    The Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legislated for the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament...
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