Marginal note:Citation of enactment

• 40. (1) In an enactment or document,

  • (a) an Act may be cited by reference to its chapter number in the Revised Statutes, by reference to its chapter number in the volume of Acts for the year or regnal year in which it was enacted or by reference to its long title or short title, with or without reference to its chapter number; and

  • (b) a regulation may be cited by reference to its long title or short title, by reference to the Act under which it was made or by reference to the number or designation under which it was registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council.

• Marginal note:Citation includes amendment

  (2) A citation of or reference to an enactment is deemed to be a citation of or reference to the enactment as amended.

Marginal note:Reference to two or more parts, etc.

• 41. (1) A reference in an enactment by number or letter to two or more parts, divisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, clauses, subclauses, schedules, appendices or forms shall be read as including the number or letter first mentioned and the number or letter last mentioned.

• Marginal note:Reference in enactments to parts, etc.

  (2) A reference in an enactment to a part, division, section, schedule, appendix or form shall be read as a reference to a part, division, section, schedule, appendix or form of the enactment in which the reference occurs.

• Marginal note:Reference in enactment to subsections, etc.

  (3) A reference in an enactment to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause or subclause shall be read as a reference to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause or subclause of the section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause, as the case may be, in which the reference occurs.

• Marginal note:Reference to regulations

  (4) A reference in an enactment to regulations shall be read as a reference to regulations made under the enactment in which the reference occurs.

• Marginal note:Reference to another enactment

  (5) A reference in an enactment by number or letter to any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause or other division or line of another enactment shall be read as a reference to the section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause or other division or line of such other enactment as printed by authority of law.

Marginal note:Power of repeal or amendment reserved

• 42. (1) Every Act shall be so construed as to reserve to Parliament the power of repealing or amending it, and of revoking, restricting or modifying any power, privilege or advantage thereby vested in or granted to any person.

• Marginal note:Amendment or repeal at same session

  (2) An Act may be amended or repealed by an Act passed in the same session of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Amendment part of enactment

  (3) An amending enactment, as far as consistent with the tenor thereof, shall be construed as part of the enactment that it amends.