INTERPRETATION ACT

Section 5: Construction of references to portions of enactments.

1964Section 5 of 39Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Where an enactment describes a portion of another enactment in terms of a word occurring in the other enactment, that word is included in the portion described.
(2) Where an enactment describes a consecutive series of provisions of another enactment by reference to the first or last provision of the series, that provision is included in the series described.

Cite this section

Section 5, INTERPRETATION ACT (1964).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/interpretation-act/section/5/