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Rh I accordingly conclude that reading in is, depending on all the circumstances, an appropriate form of relief under section 38 of the Constitution and that “… whether a court ‘reads in’ or ‘strikes out’ words from a challenged law, the focus of the court should be on the appropriate remedy in the circumstances and not on the label used to arrive at the result.” The real question is whether, in the circumstances of the present matter, reading in would be just and equitable and an appropriate remedy. Rh