1. Which one among the following are external aids to interpretation?
Correct : D. Dictionary
2. Under which section of General Clauses Act does effect of repeal is stated?
Correct : C. Section 6
3. Statutes which are there in existence for a specified fixed period is known
as
Correct : B. Temporary Statute
4. Which legal maxim means “to stand by things decided”?
Correct : A. Stare Decisis
5. Doctrine of Mischief Rule was given under
Correct : B. Heydon’s Case
6. Which of the following rules of interpretation are applicable to Taxation Statutes?
Correct : B. Strict and narrow interpretation
7. In Exchequer Vs. Heydon [1584] EWHC Exch J36 76 ER 637,the court expounded which of the following rule?
Correct : C. The Mischief rule
8. The judiciary when interpreting a criminal statute generally applies which
of the following rule of interpretation?
Correct : B. Rule of literal interpretation
9. “A person to whom an authority or decision-making power has been delegated to from a higher source, cannot, in turn, delegate again to another, unless the original delegation explicitly authorized it”, Which maxim fits this explanation?
Correct : A. Delegatus Non PotestDelegare
10. Which out of the following is a statute?
Correct : C. A bye law made by the Municipality for segregation of waste
11. Section _____ of the General Clauses Act, 1897 deals with meaning
of service by post.
Correct : C. 27
12. Which of the following is not a General rule of interpretation.
Correct : D. technical words to have ordinary meaning
13. Which of the following is based on the principle that a law which violates fundamental rights is not a nullity or void ab initio but becomes unenforceable.
Correct : D. Doctrine of eclipse
14. The general rule is that a taxing statute should be construed ______ , that is, a person should not be taxed unless the words of the statue unambiguously impose the talk on him.
Correct : D. strictly
15. The effect of an Act which has expired or was repealed was that for all purposes it would be presumed that the Act _____ existed, unless the contrary intention appeared.