2016
Gi~'ERAL LAWS ArvmNDl\1El'<'T
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(a)
effect must be given to the intention of the Legislature as
expressed by the enactment, subject to the principle of the
supremacy of the Constitution as enacted by section 2 of
the Constitution;
(b)
to the extent that the intention of the Legislature is shown
to be in conflict with the spirit, purport and objects of the
Constitution, and in patticular with the Declaration of
Rights, the spirit, purport and objects of the Constitution
must prevail;
(c)
any reasonable interpretation ofan enactmentthat is consistent
vvith the Constitution must be prefened over any alternative
interpretation that is inconsistent with the Constitution;
(d)
if any provision of an enactment is held to be unconstitutional
or invalid for any other reason, the enactment as a whole
is not thereby invalidated unless a comt finds that the
remaining provisions of the enactment are so essentially
and inseparably connected with, and so depend on, the void
provision, that it cannot be presumed that the Legislature
would have enacted the provisions without the void one, or
unless the court finds that the remaining provisions, standing
alone, are incomplete and incapable of being executed in
accordance with the legislative intent.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that this section
does not preclude the application in appropriate cases of other rules or
principles ofstatutory interpretation, whether in relation to the Constitution
or othenvise.".
3. In section 37 ("Assignment of Vice-Presidential or Ministerial functions")(a)
(b)
(c)
in subsection (1), by the deletion of "section 31D" and the substitution
of "section 104";
in subsection (2), by the deletion of "section 31C or 31D" and the
substitution of" section 94 or 104";
in subsection (4), by the deletion of "section31D" and the substitution
of "section 104".
PART II
PARLIAMENTARY
PENsioNs Ac'T [CHAPTER 2:02]
1. In section 2 ("lnterpretation")(a)
in subsection (1)(i) in the definition of "Deputy Minister" by the dCletion of "section
31 D" and the substitution of "section 104";
(ii) in the definition of"Minister" by the deletion of"section3lD" and
the substitution of "section 92";
(b)
by the repeal of subsection (2) and the substitution of"(2) Any reference in this Act to a member of Parliament shall
be construed as including a reference to the Speaker of the National
Assembly and the President of the Senate.";
(c)
in subsection (4) by the deletion of "scction63" and the substitution of
"section 143".
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