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6 Related amendments to Interpretation Act

11. The Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) is amended—
 * (a) by repealing section 8 and substituting the following section:
 * “Mode of referring to written laws
 * 8.—(1) It is sufficient for all purposes to refer to a written law—
 * (a) in the case of an Act—
 * (i) by the year of its enactment and its number among the Acts enacted in that year;
 * (ii) where the Act, as enacted or revised, provides that it may be cited by a short title — by that short title; and
 * (iii) where the Act is a revised edition published before the date of commencement of section 5 of the Statute Law Reform Act 2021 under any law providing for a revised edition—by its chapter number and the year of the revised edition; and
 * (b) in the case of a piece of subsidiary legislation that, as made or revised, provides for the manner of its citation—by that citation.
 * (2) A reference for the purposes of subsection (1) may be made according to copies of written laws printed by the Government Printer.
 * (3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a written law in accordance with subsection (1) is to be read as a reference to the written law as amended from time to time by any other written law.