INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Whether the provisions of a statute should be read as a whole in its interpretation - LawCompass

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Rules of Interpretation of Statute – Whether the provisions of a statute should be read as a whole in its interpretation

“…it ignores the accepted rule on the interpretation of any document, whether a will, contract or law, that the document must be read as a whole and its parts interpreted in that light, and that an effort must be made to achieve harmony among its parts.”

Per VAHE ROBERT BAIRAMIAN, JSC in AKAIGHE V. IDAMA (1964) LCER-317(SC) (P. 9, Paras D – F) #

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE, Rules of Interpretation of Statute

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