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14. (1) Where it is provided that any Ordinance may, as to the whole or any part thereof, be cited with any other Ordinance or with any group of Ordinances, all such Ordinances shall be read and construed together, and any such group shall be construed as including such first mentioned Ordinance.

(2) Where it is provided that two or more Ordinances may together be cited by a collective short title or citation containing therein the years of the first and last of such Ordinances, such short title or citation shall be construed to include all the Ordinances covered by the same, or any of them.

15. (1) Where in any Ordinance a reference is made to another Ordinance, such reference shall be deemed to include a reference to such last mentioned Ordinance as the same may from time to time be amended.

(2) Where any Ordinance repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former Ordinance, references in any other Ordinance to the provision so repealed shall be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

16. In any Ordinance a description or citation of a portion of an Ordinance shall be construed as including the word, section or other part mentioned or referred to as forming the beginning and as forming the end of the portion comprised in the description or citation.

17. (1) Any reference in any Ordinance to “any Ordinance” or to “any enactment” shall be construed as a reference to any Ordinance for the time being in force.

(2) Where in any Ordinance there is a reference to a section, Part, Chapter or schedule by number or letter only, and not in conjunction with the title or short title of any other Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the section, Part, Chapter or schedule of that number or letter contained in the Ordinance in which such reference occurs.

(3) Where in any section of any Ordinance there is a reference to a subsection, paragraph, sub-paragraph or other division by number or letter only, and not in conjunction with the number of any section of that or of any other Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the subsection, paragraph, sub-paragraph or other division of that number or letter contained in the section in which such reference occurs.

(4) The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to subsidiary legislation.

(5) Any reference to an Ordinance in any Ordinance shall include a reference to any subsidiary legislation made under the Ordinance to which reference is made.