Territory of Cocos (keeling) IslANDS Interpretation Ordinance 1955 Ordinance No. 1 of 1955 as amended made under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 This compilation was prepared on 18 June 2004 taking into account amendments up to Ordinance No. 3 of 2004 Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Contents Page Part I Preliminary 1 Short title [see Note 1] 4 Application of Ordinance 4A Western Australian Acts Part II Provisions applicable to Ordinances generally 5 Interpretation 6 Application of Acts Interpretation Act to Ordinances 7 Numbering of Ordinances 8 Citation of Acts and Ordinances 8A References to Ordinances 8B References to Acts 9 Judicial notice to be taken of Ordinances etc 10 Gazette to be evidence of certain matters 11 Compliance with forms 12 Standard time 12A Offences under 2 or more laws 13 Attempt to commit offence 14 Civil rights not affected 15 Regulations and rules 16 Numbering of regulations and rules 17 Power of Minister to delegate functions etc under Ordinances Part III Provisions relating to Ordinances of the Colony of Singapore in their application as laws of the Territory 18 Reference to certain expressions in laws of Singapore 18A 19 References in laws of Singapore 19A Power to make regulations etc 19B Notification and commencement of regulations etc 19C Other powers and functions under laws of Singapore 20 References to Singapore currency 21 References to persons, places, matters and things in existing laws 22 References to Ordinances of the Straits Settlements 23 Citation of Ordinances of Colony of Singapore 25 Discontinuance of adopted laws deemed to be a repeal 26 References to Magistrates The Schedule Ordinances repealed Notes An Ordinance for the Interpretation of Ordinances and for Shortening their Language Part I Preliminary 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1955. 4 Application of Ordinance (1) Except where the contrary intention appears, this Ordinance applies to all Ordinances including this Ordinance. (2) This Ordinance binds the Crown. (3) Where an Ordinance confers upon a person or authority power to make, grant or issue an instrument (including regulations, rules or rules of court) then, unless the contrary intention appears, this Ordinance applies to and in relation to an instrument so made, granted or issued as if that instrument were an Ordinance. 4A Western Australian Acts (1) A reference in an Ordinance to the short title of a Western Australian Act, followed by "(W.A.)" or "(WA)" is a reference to the Act as in force in Western Australia. (2) A reference in an Ordinance to the short title of a Western Australian Act, followed by "(W.A.)(C.K.I.)" or "(WA)(CKI)" is a reference to the Act as in force in the Territory in accordance with section 8A of the Act. Part II Provisions applicable to Ordinances generally 5 Interpretation (1) In an Ordinance, unless the contrary intention appears: Act means an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. Administrator means the Administrator of the Territory appointed under the Administration Ordinance 1975, and includes an Acting Administrator or the Deputy Administrator acting in the office of the Administrator in pursuance of that Ordinance. applied law means a law of Western Australia as in force in the Territory in accordance with section 8A of the Act. barrister, solicitor or barrister and solicitor means a person entitled, under section 55D of the Judiciary Act 1903, to practise as a barrister and solicitor in any Territory of the Commonwealth. Commissioner for Affidavits means a person appointed under the Supreme Court Ordinance 1955 to take and receive affidavits. Commonwealth Ordinance means an Ordinance made under section 12 of the Act. Gazette means: (a) the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, published before or after the period that commenced on 1 July 1973 and ended on 30 June 1977; (b) the Australian Government Gazette published during that period; or (c) the Government Gazette of the Territory. Imperial Act means an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners and whose registration or licence is not suspended under such a law. movable property means property of every description except immovable property. Ordinance includes: (a) a Commonwealth Ordinance; or (b) a Singapore Ordinance. police officer means: (a) a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police; or (b) a member of a State or Territory police force appointed by the Minister, under subsection 8G (6) of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act, to provide police services for the Territory. regulations means regulations made under the Ordinance. rules means rules made under the Ordinance. Singapore Ordinance means an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore in its application to the Territory, as in force in the Territory in accordance with section 8 of the Act. the Act means the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955. the Territory means the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Western Australian Act means an Act passed by the Parliament of Western Australia. (2) Where an Ordinance confers upon a person or authority power to make, grant or issue an instrument (including regulations, rules or rules of court) then, unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in an instrument so made, granted or issued shall be deemed to have the same meanings as in the Ordinance conferring the power. 6 Application of Acts Interpretation Act to Ordinances Subject to this Ordinance, the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (except sections 5 and 15A, paragraphs 26 (e) and 27 (d), section 30, sections 37 to 40 (inclusive), paragraph 46 (a) and sections 47, 48 and 49), as amended from time to time, apply, so far as they are capable of application, to and in relation to Ordinances, including this Ordinance, as if an Ordinance were an Act. 7 Numbering of Ordinances Ordinances made under the Act in each secular year shall be numbered in regular arithmetical series, beginning with the number one, in the order in which notice of their making is published in the Gazette. 8 Citation of Acts and Ordinances (1) In an Ordinance, instrument or document: (a) an Act may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; (b) an Ordinance may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; and (c) an Imperial Act may be cited by its short title (if any), or by reference to the regnal year in which it was passed and its chapter. (2) An enactment may be cited by reference to the part, section, subsection or other division of the Act, Ordinance or Imperial Act in which the enactment is contained. (3) Every such reference shall be made according to a copy of the Act or Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth, or to a copy of the Imperial Act printed or purporting to be printed by the Queen's Printer in London, as the case may be. 8A References to Ordinances Where an Ordinance contains: (a) a reference to the short title of another Ordinance as originally made; or (b) a reference to a method of citation that is, or at any time has been, provided by law for the citation of another Ordinance as amended; then, except so far as the contrary intention appears: (c) the reference shall be construed as a reference to that other Ordinance as originally made and as amended from time to time; and (d) where that other Ordinance has been repealed and remade, with or without modification, the reference shall be construed as including a reference to the remade Ordinance as originally made and as amended from time to time and, where, in connexion with that reference, particular provisions of the repealed Ordinance are referred to, being provisions to which provisions of the remade Ordinance correspond, the reference to those particular provisions shall be construed as including a reference to those corresponding provisions. 8B References to Acts Where an Ordinance contains: (a) a reference to the short title of an Act as originally enacted; or (b) a reference to a method of citation that is, or at any time has been, provided by law for the citation of an Act as amended; then, except so far as the contrary intention appears: (c) the reference shall be construed as a reference to the Act as originally enacted and as amended from time to time; and (d) where that Act has been repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, the reference shall be construed as including a reference to the re-enacted Act as originally enacted and as amended from time to time and, where, in connexion with that reference, particular provisions of the repealed Act are referred to, being provisions to which provisions of the re-enacted Act correspond, the reference to those particular provisions shall be construed as including a reference to those corresponding provisions. 9 Judicial notice to be taken of Ordinances etc (1) All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of: (a) a Commonwealth Ordinance; and (b) an applied law; and (c) a Singapore Ordinance; and (d) an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore as defined in subsection (2); and (e) regulations, rules, rules of court, by-laws, proclamations or orders or any other instruments made under a law referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). (2) In paragraph 1(d), Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore means: (a) an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore in its application to the Territory under section 8 of the Act as in force before 1 July 1992; or (b) the provisions of an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore applying by virtue of an Ordinance made under section 12 of the Act as a law of the Territory before 1 July 1992; or (c) an Imperial Act or Order in Council in its application to the Territory under section 8 of the Act as in force before 1 July 1992; or (d) an Ordinance of the Colony of the Straits Settlements in force in the Colony of Singapore immediately before the commencement of the Act or the date of its application as a law of the Territory; or (e) a law referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) as amended or affected by a Commonwealth Ordinance. 10 Gazette to be evidence of certain matters A printed copy of the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette or the Australian Government Gazette purporting to be published by authority and to be printed by the Government Printer, or a printed copy of the Government Gazette of the Territory purporting to be published by authority: (a) shall be admitted in evidence by all courts and in all legal proceedings without proof that that copy was so published and printed, or so published; and (b) is evidence that it was published on the day on which it bears date and of appointments and notifications printed in it and of the matters and things contained in those appointments and notifications. 11 Compliance with forms Where forms are prescribed for the purposes of an Ordinance, substantial compliance with those forms is, unless the contrary intention appears, sufficient. 12 Standard time (1) Where: (a) an expression of time occurs in an Ordinance; or (b) the doing of an act, or omission to do an act, at a certain time of day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law; that time shall, unless it is otherwise expressly stated, be deemed to be standard time. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), standard time means 6 ½ hours in advance of Greenwich mean time. 12A Offences under 2 or more laws (1) Where an act or omission constitutes offences under 2 or more Ordinances, or constitutes an offence under an Ordinance and an offence at common law, the offender is, unless the contrary intention appears, liable to be prosecuted and convicted under either or any of those Ordinances or under that Ordinance or at common law, but is not liable to be punished more than once in respect of that act or omission. (2) Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under an Ordinance and an Act and the offender has been punished for the offence under the Act, the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under the Ordinance. 13 Attempt to commit offence A provision in an Ordinance which constitutes an offence shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be deemed to provide also that an attempt to commit that offence is an offence against that provision punishable as if the attempted offence had been committed. 14 Civil rights not affected The imposition of a penalty by an Ordinance in respect of an act or omission does not, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, affect the right of any person to institute civil proceedings in respect of that act or omission. 15 Regulations and rules (1) Where an Ordinance confers power to make regulations, then, unless the contrary intention appears: (a) notice of the making of regulations made accordingly and of the place where copies of those regulations may be purchased shall be published in the Gazette; and (b) subject to this section, regulations made accordingly take effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) or, where another date is specified in the regulations, from the date so specified. (2) All regulations made under an Ordinance shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the making of the regulations. (3) Regulations shall not be expressed to take effect from a date before the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1) of this section in a case where, if the regulations so took effect: (a) the rights of a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) existing at that date would be affected in a manner prejudicial to that person; or (b) liabilities would be imposed on a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before that date; and where, in any regulations, a provision is made in contravention of this subsection, that provision is void and of no effect. (4) If any regulations are not laid before each House in accordance with this section, they are, and shall be deemed to have been, void and of no effect. (5) If either House of the Parliament passes a resolution (of which notice has been given at any time within 15 sitting days after the day on which the regulations have been laid before that House) disallowing any of those regulations, the regulations so disallowed shall thereupon cease to have effect. (6) If, at the expiration of 15 sitting days after the day on which notice of a resolution to disallow any regulations has been given in either House of the Parliament in accordance with subsection (5), the resolution has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the regulations specified in the resolution shall thereupon be deemed to have been disallowed. (7) Where regulations are disallowed, or are deemed to be disallowed, under this section, the disallowance has the same effect as a repeal of the regulations, except that, if the regulations amended or repealed a law in force immediately before the regulations took effect, the disallowance revives the previous law from and including the date of the disallowance, as if the disallowed regulations had not been made. (8) In this section, regulations includes rules and rules of court. 16 Numbering of regulations and rules (1) The regulations made under Ordinances in each secular year shall be numbered in regular arithmetical series, beginning with the number one, in the order in which notice of their making is published in the Gazette. (2) Regulations may, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, be cited by reference to the secular year in which notice of their making was published in the Gazette and the number assigned to them under subsection (1). (3) In this section, regulations includes rules and rules of court. 17 Power of Minister to delegate functions etc under Ordinances (1) Where an Ordinance confers a power or function on the Minister, the Minister may, by writing under his hand, delegate that power or function to any person or authority either generally or in relation to a particular matter or class of matters or a part of the Territory. (2) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of any power or function by the Minister. Part III Provisions relating to Ordinances of the Colony of Singapore in their application as laws of the Territory 18 Reference to certain expressions in laws of Singapore (1) In relation to anything done or to be done after the commencement of this Ordinance, an expression specified in Column 1 of the following table in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to the person, authority or thing specified in Column 2 of that table opposite to that expression: Column 1 Column 2 advocate or advocate and solicitor A barrister or solicitor as defined in section 5 medical practitioner A medical practitioner as defined in section 5 the Colony, Cocos or Keeling Islands, the Colony of Singapore, or the Settlement of Singapore The Territory the Governor The Minister the Gazette The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette published before or after the period that commenced on 1 July 1973 and ended on 30 June 1977, the Australian Government Gazette published during that period or the Government Gazette of the Territory the Government Gazette The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette published before or after the period that commenced on 1 July 1973 and ended on 30 June 1977, the Australian Government Gazette published during that period or the Government Gazette of the Territory the Governor in Council, the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly The Governor-General (2) In relation to anything done or to be done after the commencement of this subsection, a reference in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore to a Minister of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to the Minister of State for the Commonwealth administering the Act. 18A (1) If, under a Singapore Ordinance, a power or function is vested in: (a) the Governor of the Colony of Singapore; or (b) the Governor of that Colony in Council; or (c) any other person or authority; then, unless the contrary intention appears, that power or function may be exercised or performed by: (d) the Minister; or (e) the Governor-General. (2) The Minister may, by instrument, delegate a power or function vested in the Minister under subsection (1) to a person or authority to whom subsection 8G (7) of the Act applies. (3) An instrument of direction or delegation in force immediately before 1 July 1992 under section 8 of the Act as in force immediately before that date continues in force as if that section had not been repealed. 19 References in laws of Singapore (1) In an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore: (a) a reference to the Colony of the Straits Settlements or to a Settlement of that Colony shall be read as a reference to the Territory; (b) a reference to Her Majesty's Armed Forces, or a part of those Forces, shall be read as a reference to the Defence Force of the Commonwealth, or the corresponding part of that Force; and (c) a reference to the number of a line of a section or provision of an Ordinance shall be read as a reference to that line in the latest official printed copy of that Ordinance at the time of the passing or making of the law in which the reference appears. (2) In an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore (not being an Imperial Act or Order in Council), unless the contrary intention appears: (a) a reference to a ship shall be read as including every description of vessel used in navigation, not being a vessel exclusively propelled by oars or paddles; (b) a reference to the master, in relation to a ship, shall be read as a reference to any person, except a pilot or harbour master, having for the time being control or charge of the ship; (c) a reference to value, in relation to a suit, shall be read as a reference to the value of the subject-matter of the suit; and (d) a reference to a year shall be read as a reference to a year according to the British calendar. (3) In an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore (not being an Imperial Act or Order in Council), unless the contrary intention appears: act, in relation to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts extend to illegal omissions. animal includes birds, reptiles, fish and every kind of vertebrate animal and their young. Chapter, Part, section and Schedule means respectively a Chapter, Part and section of, and a Schedule to, the law in which the word occurs. common law means the common law of England. subsection means a subsection of the section in which the word occurs. (4) In an order, proclamation, rule, regulation or by-law continued in force by the Act, the expression 'the Ordinance' shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to the Ordinance under the authority of which that order, proclamation, rule, regulation or by-law was made. 19A Power to make regulations etc Where: (a) an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore confers power to make regulations, rules or rules of court; and (b) that power is expressed to be conferred on the Governor in Council of that Colony; that power shall be deemed to be conferred on, and is exercisable by, the Minister of the State for the Commonwealth administering the Act. 19B Notification and commencement of regulations etc (1) The provisions of section 15 of this Ordinance apply in relation to regulations made, after the commencement of this section as in force at the commencement of this section, under an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore, notwithstanding any contrary intention in that Ordinance as in force at the commencement of this section, and to the exclusion of any provision in that Ordinance relating to the publication, or the disallowance or disapproval, of regulations made under that Ordinance, or the date on which such regulations take effect or come into force. (2) A reference in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore to regulations published, or made and published, under the Ordinance or a provision of the Ordinance shall, in relation to regulations made after the commencement of this section, be read as a reference to regulations made under that Ordinance or that provision of that Ordinance, being regulations in respect of which a notice has been published in the Gazette in accordance with paragraph 15 (1) (a). (3) A provision in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore requiring regulations to be laid or tabled before any person or authority shall, upon the commencement of this section, cease to have effect. (4) In this section, regulations includes rules and rules of court. 19C Other powers and functions under laws of Singapore Where an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore confers a power or function on a person or authority (not being a person or authority specified in Column 1 of the table in subsection 18 (1)) that power or function may be exercised or performed by such person or authority as the Minister directs. 20 References to Singapore currency (1) A reference in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore to an amount in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to the equivalent amount in Australian currency. (2) Where it is necessary for the purposes of subsection (1) or for the purposes of any Ordinance or law made under an Ordinance to convert an amount expressed in currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore to the equivalent amount in Australian currency, the conversion shall be made on the basis that: (a) 40 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one dollar in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore; and (b) 0.4 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one cent in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore. (3) Where a calculation in accordance with subsection (2) results in the ascertainment of an amount in Australian currency that includes a percentage of a cent, then: (a) if the percentage is not greater than 0.45, the percentage shall be disregarded; or (b) if the percentage exceeds 0.45, the amount in cents shall be deemed to be increased by adding one to the number of cents (without the percentage). (4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), the equivalent of an amount of 3 cents or less in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or the Colony of Singapore shall be deemed to be one cent in Australian currency. 21 References to persons, places, matters and things in existing laws Subject to section 8 of the Act and to this Ordinance, an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore shall be read with such formal alterations as to persons, places, matters and things as are necessary to make the same applicable to the circumstances of the Territory. 22 References to Ordinances of the Straits Settlements An Ordinance of the Colony of the Straits Settlements in force in the Colony of Singapore immediately before the commencement of the Act may be referred to as an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore. 23 Citation of Ordinances of Colony of Singapore An Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore included in a revised edition of Ordinances issued before the application of the Ordinances as a law of the Territory under a law providing for the issue of a revised edition may, without prejudice to any other manner of citation, be cited by its chapter number and any such citation shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to the Ordinance as amended from time to time by any other Ordinance. 25 Discontinuance of adopted laws deemed to be a repeal (1) A provision in an Ordinance that an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore, or an Act adopted by an Ordinance as a law of the Territory is, in its application to the Territory, repealed or that such an Ordinance or Act shall cease to apply, or be in force, in the Territory shall be deemed to be the repeal of an Ordinance. (2) Where an Ordinance provides that an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore is, in its application to the Territory, repealed or that such an Ordinance shall cease to apply, or be in force, in the Territory, then, unless the contrary is expressly provided, all subsidiary legislation in force under that Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore shall, by force of that provision, cease to be in force in the Territory. 26 References to Magistrates In an Ordinance, in regulations made under an Ordinance and in any other law of the Territory, a reference to a magistrate shall, on and after the commencement of this section and notwithstanding any definition of the word magistrate in the Ordinance, regulations or other law of the Territory, be a reference to a Special Magistrate or Magistrate appointed under section 92 of the Courts Ordinance. The Schedule Ordinances repealed (section 2 (1)) Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance, 1951 Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Ordinance, 1952 Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Ordinance, 1955 Notes to the Interpretation Ordinance 1955 Note 1 The Interpretation Ordinance 1955 (in force under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955) as shown in this compilation comprise Ordinance No. 1 of 1955 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Ordinances Year and Date of notification Date of Application, saving or number in Gazette commencement transitional provisions No. 1, 1955 23 Nov 1955 23 Nov 1955 No. 1, 1958 20 Nov 1958 23 Nov 1958 — No. 1, 1962 22 Mar 1962 22 Mar 1962 — No. 3, 1964 10 Sept 1964 10 Sept 1964 — No. 1, 1966 11 Feb 1966 14 Feb 1966 — No. 6, 1966 1 Dec 1966 1 Dec 1966 — No. 1, 1973 6 Sept 1973 6 Sept 1973 — No. 2, 1975 16 July 1975 16 July 1975 — No. 3, 1976 1 Sept 1976 1 Sept 1976 [see Note 2] No. 2, 1977 30 June 1977 30 June 1977 — No. 6, 1979 27 Dec 1979 27 Dec 1979 — No. 4, 1980 17 Oct 1980 17 Oct 1980 — No. 3, 1987 6 Nov 1987 6 Nov 1987 — No. 6, 1987 11 Jan 1988 11 Jan 1988 — No. 3, 1992 30 June 1992 1 July 1992 — No. 1, 1999 24 Mar 1999 24 Mar 1999 — No. 3, 2004 18 June 2004 18 June 2004 — Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected S. 2................. rep. No. 3, 1992 S. 3................. rep. No. 2, 1975 S. 4................. am. No. 3, 1992; No. 1, 1958 S. 4A................ ad. No. 3, 1992 am. No. 1, 1999 S. 5................. am. No. 1, 1958; No. 6, 1966; No. 1, 1973; No. 2, 1975; No. 2, 1977; No. 6, 1979; No. 4, 1988; No. 3, 1987; No. 3, 1992; No. 1, 1999; No. 3, 2004 S. 6................. am. Nos. 3 and 6, 1987 S. 6A................ ad. No.1, 1966 rep. No. 1, 1999 S. 8A................ ad. No. 3, 1976 S. 8B................ ad. No. 3, 1976 S. 9................. rs. No. 3, 1992 S. 10................. am. No. 1, 1973; No. 2, 1977 S. 12................. am. No. 3, 1987 S. 12A............... ad. No. 6, 1987 S. 15................. rs. No. 1, 1958 am. No. 3, 1987 S. 16................. am. No. 1, 1958; No. 3, 1987 Heading to Part III ....... rs. No. 4, 1980 S. 18................. am. No. 1, 1958; No. 1, 1973; No. 2, 1977; No. 6, 1979; No. 4, 1980; No. 3, 1987 S. 18A............... ad. No. 3, 1992 S. 19................. am. No. 6, 1979 S. 19A............... ad. No. 1, 1958 am. No. 6, 1979 S. 19B............... ad. No. 1, 1958 am. No. 6, 1979; No. 3, 1987 S. 19C............... ad. No. 4, 1980 am. No. 3, 1987 S. 20................. am. No. 6, 1979; No. 4, 1980 S. 21................. am. No. 6, 1979; No. 3, 1987 S. 23................. am. No. 6, 1979 S. 24................. rep. No. 6, 1979 S. 26................. ad. No. 3, 1964 am. No. 3, 1987 Note 2 Section 3 of the Ordinances Citation Ordinance 1976 (No. 3 of 1976) provides as follows: 3 Short titles of amended Ordinances (1) Where: (a) immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, an Ordinance (in this subsection called the principal Ordinance) was in force as amended by another Ordinance (in this subsection called the amending Ordinance); and (b) the amending Ordinance provided that the principal Ordinance, as so amended, may be cited by a method of citation specified in the amending Ordinance; the principal Ordinance shall be deemed to be amended by substituting that method of citation for the short title of the principal Ordinance. (2) Where, by virtue of an amendment deemed to be made by subsection (1), an Ordinance contains a provision that the Ordinance may be cited by a method of citation that contains figures referring to 2 years, that provision is amended by omitting so much of the method of citation as follows the reference to the first of those years. (3) Where, by virtue of an amendment deemed to be made by subsection (1), an ordinance contains a provision that the Ordinance may be cited by a method of citation that contains the word Ordinances immediately before figures referring to a year, that provision is amended by omitting the word Ordinances and substituting the word Ordinance.