alleryStart learning →On repeal and re-enactment, old references are read as references to:
AThe repealing section
BNothing, as void
CThe re-enacted provision
DThe whole new Act
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The re-enacted provision
Section 8 construes references to the repealed provision as references to the re-enacted provision, unless a different intention appears.
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