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• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes or the Constitution

  "There are legion of cases of this Court on the rules guiding the Court when faced with a question predicated on interpretation of statutes. The law is well settled that…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Rules of Interpretation of Constitution - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions

  "It is an accepted principle of the interpretation of Constitutions (or indeed any statute) that the provisions should be taken as a whole. It cannot be presumed that any clause…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes

  "...the words of the learned author of Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes 11th Edition at p.228 that "Notwithstanding the general rule that effect must be given to every word, yet…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes

  "... as a general rule of construction of statutes it is not permissible to supply omissions therein, even where such omissions are patently unintentional; yet if particular words of the…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION - Approach Courts adopt in finding solutions to Constitutional questions in the course of interpretation

  "This Court's approach to construction and interpretation of the constitution has remained to be of liberalism. This is absolutely so, because anything contrary thereto would tantamount to defeating the very…