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Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38)Introductory TextAct Referred toPart I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-5)1. Short title.2. Commencement.3. Definitions.4. Application to certain Acts of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann.5. Non-application of the Interpretation Act, 1923.Part II Form, Citation, and Operation of Acts of the Oireachtas (ss. 6-10)6. Form of Acts of the Oireachtas.7. Citation of Acts of the Oireachtas.8. Date of passing of Acts of the Oireachtas.9. Commencement of Acts and instruments.10. Exercise of statutory powers before commencement of the Act.Part III Meaning and Construction of Particular Words and Expressions (ss. 11-14)11. Certain general rules of construction.12. Interpretation of the expressions and words in the Schedule.13. Construction of certain statutory instruments.14. Offences under two or more laws.Part IV Statutory Powers and Duties (ss. 15-18)15. Construction and exercise of statutory powers.16. Construction and performance of statutory duties.17. Rules of Court.18. Service by post.Part V Effect of Repeals and Revocations (ss. 19-22)19. Date of operation of repeals and revocations.20. Construction of references to repealed statutes and revoked instruments.21. Operation of repeals, cessers, and terminations of statutes.22. Operation of revocations, cessers and terminations of statutory instruments.Schedule - Interpretation of Particular Expressions and Words (paras. 1-37)1. Affidavit.2. Bank of Ireland.3. British statute.4. Circuit Court.5. Commencement.6. Consular officer.7. Constitution.8. Dáil Eireann.9. District Court.10. Financial year.11. Government.12. Great Britain.13. High Court.14. Land.15. Lands Clauses Acts.16. Local financial year.17. Midnight.18. Minister of the Government.19. Month.20. Oath.21. Oireachtas.22. Ordnance Map.23. President.24. Pre-union Irish Statute.25. Rateable valuation.26. Rules of court.27. Saorstát Eireann statute.28. Seanad Eireann.29. Statutory declaration.30. Supreme Court.31. Swear.32. Town.33. Valuation Acts.34. Week.35. Week-day.36. Writing.37. Year.
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Version status: Repealed | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2006 - onwards
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12. Great Britain.

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