ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1931 - SECT 8 Acts amending other Acts to be incorporated therewith
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1931 - SECT 8
Acts amending other Acts to be incorporated therewith
(1) Every Act passed for the purpose and with the object of amending a previous Act shall be read and construed with, and subject to the provisions of, the amended Act, as modified by the amending Act, and shall be deemed to be incorporated therewith, and with every Act amending the same, unless the contrary is expressly provided therein.(2) Where any Act is amended as aforesaid, the expressionthe Principal Act in any such amending Act, unless the contrary is expressly provided, shall mean the Act so amended, and shall be deemed to apply to the earliest of the series of Acts upon the same subject, even though the amendment consists only of some alteration in, or modification of, a previous amending Act.