ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1931 - SECT 24 Construction of certain references, expressions, and words
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1931 - SECT 24
Construction of certain references, expressions, and words
In any Act and where any word is defined every derivative of that word shall have a meaning corresponding with such definition.(a) references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of that Act, or to the Crown, shall be construed as references to the Sovereign for the time being;(b) expressions referring to writing shall be construed as including references to any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, or symbols in a visible form;(ba) expressions referring to printing shall be construed as including references to typewriting and writing reproduced by lithography or by any mechanical, electrical or electronic means;(bb) references to a document shall be construed as including references to (i) any paper or other material on which there is printing or writing or on which there are marks, symbols, or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and(ii) a disc, tape, or other article from which sounds, images, writing, or messages are capable of being reproduced; and(c) . . . . . . . .(d) words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular