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ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 14

14 Material that is, and is not, part of an Act

(1) A heading to a chapter, part, division or subdivision of an Act is part of the Act.

(2) A heading to a section, subsection or another provision of an Act is part of the Act if—

(a) the Act is enacted after 30 June 1991; or
(b) the heading is amended or inserted after 30 June 1991.

(3) An example in an Act of the operation of a provision of the Act is part of the Act.

(4) A note in an Act to the Act or to a provision of the Act, as opposed to a footnote, an editor's note or an endnote mentioned in subsection (7), is part of the Act.

Example of a note—
See the note to section 2.
Example of a footnote—
See the footnote to section 36, definition Acting Governor.

(5) A schedule or appendix of an Act is part of the Act.

(6) Punctuation in an Act is part of the Act.

(7) A footnote or editor's note to an Act or to a provision of an Act, and an endnote to an Act, are not part of the Act.



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