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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.

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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 ~

a) Commencement and termination of time

b) Coming into operation of the enactment

c) Duty to be t~ken pro rata

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12. What is Restrictive construction ? Explain with the help of cases.

13. Write notes on any two : (2x3=6) ·

a) Golden rule

b) Consolidating statutes

c) .ouster of .jurisdiction of courts.

14. Write notes on any two : (2x2.5=5) .

a) Plain meaning rule ·

b) Equitable construction

c) Words of rank.

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B.A. LL.B. {Semester - VI) Examination, October 2015 INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES

Duration : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 75

Instructions : 1) Answer any eight questions from Q. No. 1 to· 12. 2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory. 3) All questions carry equal marks.

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1. "It is an elementary rule of interpretation that a statute must be read as a whole ~ in-its contexf'.- Explain with cases.

2. "Language of the statute must be read as it is" - Discuss . .

3. Explain the Mischief Rule of interpretation with the help of cases. . .

4. Explain the importance of title and preamble as internal aids to construction.

5. Explain the importance of international conventions and dictionaries as aids to construction.

6. Explain the Rule of Noscitur a sociis with the help of cases.

7. Explain the presumption against the retrospective operation of statutes . .

8. Write notes on the following:

a) Reddendo singula singulis. .

b) Presumption against intending the ouster of jurisdiction of courts.

9. Examine the circumstances in which the courts will apply a restrictive •

construction.

1 0. Explain with the help of cases the Maxim Generalia Specialibus non derogant.

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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 : . . . .

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a) Commencement and termination of time.

b) ·Effect of repeal.

c) Gender ar:.CI number. •

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a)· ·aonsolidatlng statutes.

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