INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005)
DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS
VERITAS MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE INFORMATION,
BUT CANNOT TAKE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
CHAPTER 1:01
INTERPRETATION ACT
Acts 25/1962, 78/1963, 22/1964 (s. 54), 71/1964 (s. 9), 93/1964, 19/1969 (s. 4), 57/1969 (s. 6),
40/1972 (s. 20), 11/1973 (s. 13), 28/1975, 44/1975 (s. 12), 41/1976 (s. 139), 42/1976 (s. 2),
39/1977, 5/1979 (s. 31), 17/1979 (s. 2), 39/1979 (s. 19), 29/1981 (s. 54), 20/1982 (s. 19),
13/1983 (s. 19), 31/1983 (s. 2), 12/1985 (s. 47), 23/1986 (s. 18), 8/1988, 12/1988, 2/1990,
11/1991 (s. 2), 20/1994(s. 2), 12/1997 (s. 2)1, 22/2001 (s. 42), 23/2001 (s. 493), 14/2002 (s. 2)4;
Ord. 17/1980 (s. 43); R.G.N.s 214/1964, 386/1964, 217/1970, 1092/1970, 1135/1975; S.I.
236/1980.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1.
Short title.
2.
Application of this Act.
PART II
DEFINITIONS
3.
Definitions.
PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ENACTMENTS
4.
Enactments to apply to whole of Zimbabwe.
5.
Forms.
6.
Preamble and punctuation to form part of enactments.
7.
Headings, notes, tables and indexes.
8.
Writing.
9.
Rules as to gender and number.
10. References in enactments.
1
General Laws Amendment Act, 1997, with effect from the 7th November, 1997.
2
Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001, with effect from the 20th May, 2002.
3
Children's Protection and Adoption Amendment Act, 2001, with effect from the
8th January 2001.
4
General Laws Amendment (No. 2) Act, 2002, with effect from the 24th January, 2003.
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