IIIIIRI fillll ID IIIII Ill 6111111 1016 . . · B.A.LL.B. (Semester- VI) Examination, October 2016 INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES Duration : 3 Hours Total Marks: 75 Instructions : 1) Answer any eight questions frr;Jm question nos. 1 to 12. · 2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory. (8x8=64) 1. "An interpretation which reduces a particular provision to a dead letter should be avoided " - Explain principle of construction. 2. Explain the ·construction 'ex viceribus actus' with the help of cases. 3. "It is one of the cardinal principles of interpretation that where the language of an Act is clear, the·preamble must be disregarded."- Comment With the help of cases. 4. "Recourse may be had to parliamentary speeches and debates to interpret statutes." Explain with cases. · 5. Discuss the presumption against intending inconvenience or unreasonableness. 6. Explain construction in bonam partem with the help of cases. 7. Explain the following maxims: a) Reddendo singula singulis · b) Expressio unius est exclusio alterius 8. Discuss the rule of ejusdem generis with the help of cases . . 9. Explain with the help of cases the difference between mandatory and directory statutes. · 10. "Courts are reluctant to give certain statutes a retrospective oJ)eration". Explain with reference to and regulating procedure . . 11. Define the following under the Clauses Act a) Commencement and termination of time b) Coming into operation of the enactment c) Duty to be pro rata d) Power to appoint. P.T.O.
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· B.A.LL.B. (Semester- VI) Examination, October 2016 INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
Duration : 3 Hours Total Marks: 75
Instructions : 1) Answer any eight questions frr;Jm question nos. 1 to 12. · 2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory.
(8x8=64)
1. "An interpretation which reduces a particular provision to a dead letter should be avoided " - Explain th~ principle of Harm~nious construction.
2. Explain the ·construction 'ex viceribus actus' with the help of cases.
3. "It is one of the cardinal principles of interpretation that where the language of an Act is clear, the·preamble must be disregarded."- Comment With the help of cases.
4. "Recourse may be had to parliamentary speeches and debates to interpret statutes." Explain with cases. ·
5. Discuss the presumption against intending inconvenience or unreasonableness.
6. Explain construction in bonam partem with the help of cases.
7. Explain the following maxims:
a) Reddendo singula singulis
· b) Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
8. Discuss the rule of ejusdem generis with the help of cases .
. 9. Explain with the help of cases the difference between mandatory and directory statutes. ·
10. "Courts are reluctant to give certain statutes a retrospective oJ)eration". Explain with reference to p~nal st~tutes and s~atutes regulating procedure . .
11. Define the following under the Gene~al Clauses Act ~
, ;. 1. Discuss the liter~l rule of interpretation· with the help of decided cases. ~rh~g out· the merits and demerits of the rule. .~~u.t· s~ii~ 0t~. i.;l~; <B te,~ .. ~~;~~,u c h~a~~~~'.r ... PO :;tJj ·· - ... ,
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2. Explain with the ·help of case~, what is meant by a constructidfr'lft ~~S · ffi~~j'iS · · valeat quam pereat'.
3. ·state the role of the ,Preamble andM·.arginalm9~~s ill tne. interpretation ef statutes . ..... ··-
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·· 4 . . Explain the ·Importance of Parliamentary History in the inte.rpretation of statwtes. s •
. 5. Explain constructian in bon am: partem with the help of cases.
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6. "A word is known by the comp.any it keeps" - Discus_s with the· help of suitable cases.
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) 7. Explai.n the p,re,sumption ·against·exce-eding territori'al ne*tJS. ' .
8. Write notes on the following· : ·: .
a} Intention of legislature. . .
b) Use of dictionaries in statutory interpretation . • . .
9. · Explain what is m·eant by Harrmsni~us construction . .
10. Explain the fDresump~tion again,st the. violation of in~ternatio.nal· taw.
11. Discuss· with the help of cases when· courts adopt a beneficial construction . • ..
12. Bring out the difference between mandatory and directory statutes.
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13. Explain any two of the following with reference· to th·e General Clauses Act : . . . .