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Fifth Semester of Three Year LL.B./IX Semester of Five Year B.A.,LL.B.

Examination, December 2013
INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES AND PRINCIPLES OF LEGISLATION
(Optional IV)
Duration : 3 Hours

Max. Marks : 100

Instructions : 1. Answer all 5 Questions.

2. Figures to the right indicate marks.
3. Answers should be written either in English or Kannada
completely.
UNIT I
Q. No. 1. (a) Statute must be read as a whole discuss with cases.

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Marks : 15

Explain the internal aids to construction of statutes.

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(b) Literal construction.

Marks : 5

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OR/A

Mischief rule.

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UNIT II
Q. No. 2. (a) How far earlier and later statutes are significant in interpreting
a statute ?
Marks : 15

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OR/A
Explain the role of legislative history in interpretation of statutes.

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(b) Codifying statutes.

Marks : 5

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OR/A
Statutes in parimateria

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UNIT III
Q. No. 3. (a) Explain the rules of interpretation regarding retrospective
operation of statutes.

Marks : 15

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Explain mandatory and directory provisions.

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(b) Legal fiction.

Marks : 5

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OR/A
Noscitur A Sociis.

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UNIT IV
Q. No. 4. (a) Explain the rules relating to strict construction of penal
statutes.

Marks : 15

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Explain the rules relating to strict construction of taxing statutes.

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(b) Mensrea in statutory offences.

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Marks : 5

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OR/A
Offences by companies.

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UNIT V
Q. No. 5. (a) Explain the principle of sympathy and antipathy.

Marks : 15

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OR/A
Explain different kinds of pains and pleasures.

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(b) Fiction.

Marks : 5

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OR/A
Ascetic principle.

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