Interpretation of Statutes - Notes, Case Laws and Study Material

It means the art of finding out the true sense of enactment by giving the words of the enactment, their natural and ordinary meaning. The object of interpretation of statutes is to determine the intention of the legislature conveyed expressly or impliedly in the language used.

As stated by SALMOND, "by interpretation or construction is meant, the process by which the courts seek to ascertain the meaning of the legislature through the medium of authoritative forms in which it is expressed."

Important articles and study material on Interpretation Of Statutes – Click on the link to Read

Module: 1

1. Introduction, Meaning and Nature of Interpretation
2. Rules of Interpretation
3. Principles of Constitutional Interpretation

Module: 2

1. Internal Aids To Construction
2. External Aids To Construction
3. Rules Of Construction

Module: 3

1. Operation Of Statutes
2. Secondary Rules of Statute Interpretation: An analysis
3. Presumptions in Statutory Interpretation: An Overview
4. Maxims of Statutory Interpretation: Introduction and Meaning
5. Important Maxims related to Interpretation of Statutes
6. Expiry and Repeal of Statutes: Introduction and Meaning

Module: 4

1. Restrictive and Beneficial Construction of Penal Statutes
2. Interpretation of Tax Statutes

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