STATUTES IN PARI MATERIA

STATUTES IN PARI MATERIA REFER TO STATUTES

THAT HAVE THE SAME PERSON/THING, THE
SAME PURPOSE OF A SUBJECT AND THE SAME
SPECIFIC OF A SUBJECT MATTER. THEY ARE
CONSTRUED IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER IN
ORDER TO FORM A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF
JURISPRDUDENCE AND TO ATTAIN THE PURPOSE
OF EXPRESS NATIONAL POLICY.

GENERAL AND SPECIAL STATUTES

STATUTES IN PARI MATERIA ARE TO BE

CONSTRUED IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
FOLLOWING:
1 HISTORY OF THE LEGISLATURE IN ENACTING
THE STATUTES
2. THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO BE ASCERTAINED
3. DISCOVER THE POLICY RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT MATTER
4. THE ACTS THAT PASSED IN OR PRIOR
SESSIONS INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE
REPEALED
HOWEVER, IF THE STATUTES CANNOT BE
RECONCILED, THEN THE LATTER STATUTE WILL
BE ADOPTED FOR THE REASON THAT THE LATTER
STATUTE EXPRESSES THE LATER WILL OF THE
LEGISLATIVE.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO REASON AS TO WHY
HARMONIZATION IS IMPORTANT:
1. FOR IT IS SAID THAT THE LEGISLATURE
HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE
PRIOR LAWS IN ENACTING A STATUTE
2. FOR IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE
STATUTES OF THE SAME SUBJECT THAT
ARE ENACTED TOGETHER FORM ONE
UNIFORM SYSTEM.
REFERENCE STATUTES
REFERENCE STATUTES ARE THOSE STATUTES
THAT REFER TO OTHER STATUTES AND THAT
THOSE STATUTES WILL BE APPLICABLE AS
SUBJECT FOR LEGISLATION. THESE STATUTES
ARE USED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE
ENCUMBERING OF STATUTE BOOKS OF
UNNECESSARY REPETITION. THEY SHOULD BE
CONSTRUED TO HARMONIZE AND GIVE EFFECT
TO THE ADOPTED STATUTE.
REENACTED STATUTES
THESE REFER TO STATUTES WHICH REENACT THE
PREVIOUS STATUTE OR PROVISION. THEY

SUPPLEMENTAL STATUTES
THESE REFER TO STATUTES THAT SUPPLY THE
DEFICIENCY OF THE EXISTING STATUTES. THEY
SHOULD BE READ TOGETHER WITH THE
ORIGINAL STATUTE AND BE CONSTRUED
TOGETHER.

ADOPTED STATUTES
THESE ARE STATUTES PATTERNED AFTER A
FOREIGN COUNTRY. HOWEVER, IN CONSTURIN

SHOULD BE REPRODUCED WITH THE SAME OR

SUBSTANTIAL WORDS. HOWEVER, IN
CONSTRUING REENACTED STATUTES, IT HAS TO
ADOPT THE CONTEMPORANEOUS
CONSTRUCTION AND GIVE WEIGHT AND
RESPECT TO IT. THAT IS ONLY APPLICABLE,
HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION HAS
BECOME A SETTLED RULE OF CONDUCT.

THESE ADOPTED STATUTES, THE COURT SHOULD

TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW THE FOREIGN
COUNTRY CONSTUES THE LAW AND ITS
PRACTICES.