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What is the purpose of Section 2 of the Interpretation Act?
What is the purpose of Section 2 of the Interpretation Act?
- To balance text and context
- To determine the structural wholeness of an enactment
- To provide definitions unless otherwise specified (correct)
- To calculate prescribed periods
When computing time, what happens if the last day falls on a Sunday or Public Holiday?
When computing time, what happens if the last day falls on a Sunday or Public Holiday?
- The deadline is extended by one day
- The next working day is used (correct)
- The deadline remains the same
- The clock stops ticking
What is the principle of interpreting legislation?
What is the principle of interpreting legislation?
- Legislation must be read as a consistent whole (correct)
- Legislation must be read in isolation
- Legislation must be read in reverse
- Legislation must be read literally
What is the significance of the case Nasioneale Vervoerkommissie v Salz Gossow Transport?
What is the significance of the case Nasioneale Vervoerkommissie v Salz Gossow Transport?
What is the main consideration when interpreting legislation, according to the Jaga case?
What is the main consideration when interpreting legislation, according to the Jaga case?
What is the relationship between text and context in interpretation?
What is the relationship between text and context in interpretation?
What is the significance of the concept of structural wholeness?
What is the significance of the concept of structural wholeness?
What is the consequence of failing to comply with prescribed periods?
What is the consequence of failing to comply with prescribed periods?
What is the primary purpose of the provision mentioned in the case of Evans v Schoeman?
What is the primary purpose of the provision mentioned in the case of Evans v Schoeman?
What is the starting point of the interpretation process?
What is the starting point of the interpretation process?
According to the court, what happens when the state would be rendered subject to the authority of its own officials?
According to the court, what happens when the state would be rendered subject to the authority of its own officials?
What happens when the textual approach is used?
What happens when the textual approach is used?
What is the consequence of the state not being bound by legislation, according to the case of Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council?
What is the consequence of the state not being bound by legislation, according to the case of Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council?
What is the purpose of considering the context of the legislation?
What is the purpose of considering the context of the legislation?
What is the relationship between the purpose of the legislation and the Constitution?
What is the relationship between the purpose of the legislation and the Constitution?
What is implied within the terms of the interim Constitution?
What is implied within the terms of the interim Constitution?
What is the central conception of the constitutional order in this context?
What is the central conception of the constitutional order in this context?
What is the most important rule of interpretation?
What is the most important rule of interpretation?
What happens to every word in the legislation?
What happens to every word in the legislation?
What is the result when the state would be affected by penal provisions, according to the case of S v Huyser?
What is the result when the state would be affected by penal provisions, according to the case of S v Huyser?
What is the focus of the principle of legality?
What is the focus of the principle of legality?
What is the role of the legislation as a whole in the interpretation process?
What is the role of the legislation as a whole in the interpretation process?
What is the initial step in the interpretation process?
What is the initial step in the interpretation process?
What is left undecided in the context of the rule of law?
What is left undecided in the context of the rule of law?
What is the significance of the principle of legality in the interim Constitution?
What is the significance of the principle of legality in the interim Constitution?
What is the constitutional approach to statutory interpretation also known as?
What is the constitutional approach to statutory interpretation also known as?
What is the aim of the value-laden dimension of statutory interpretation?
What is the aim of the value-laden dimension of statutory interpretation?
What is true about the values of the Constitution?
What is true about the values of the Constitution?
What should government agencies and organs of state be bound by?
What should government agencies and organs of state be bound by?
What is the significance of the ghost in the machine?
What is the significance of the ghost in the machine?
What is the relationship between the letter and the spirit of the Constitution?
What is the relationship between the letter and the spirit of the Constitution?
What is the significance of the values embodied in the Constitution?
What is the significance of the values embodied in the Constitution?
What is the role of constitutional values in relation to legal propositions?
What is the role of constitutional values in relation to legal propositions?
What is the idea that lawyers were schooled in before 1994?
What is the idea that lawyers were schooled in before 1994?
What is the value-based dimension about?
What is the value-based dimension about?
What is required to make constitutional values a reality?
What is required to make constitutional values a reality?
What is the interpretation clause in the Hlomisa v Argus Newspapers Ltd case?
What is the interpretation clause in the Hlomisa v Argus Newspapers Ltd case?
What is the relationship between the text and values in the Constitution?
What is the relationship between the text and values in the Constitution?
What is the purpose of the value-based dimension in law-making?
What is the purpose of the value-based dimension in law-making?
What is the significance of the post-1994 era in relation to constitutional values?
What is the significance of the post-1994 era in relation to constitutional values?
