8Citation of Acts and Ordinances

8 Citation of Acts and Ordinances

(1) In an Ordinance, instrument or document: (a) an Act may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; (b) an Ordinance may be cited: (i) by its short title or name; or (ii) if it was numbered as mentioned in former section 7 of this Ordinance—by reference to the secular year in which it was made and its number; and (c) an Imperial Act may be cited by its short title (if any), or by reference to the regnal year in which it was passed and its chapter. (2) An enactment may be cited by reference to the part, section, subsection or other division of the Act, Ordinance or Imperial Act in which the enactment is contained. (3) Every such reference shall be made: (a) in the case of an Act or an Ordinance made under the Christmas Island Act 1958—according to a copy of the Act or Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth; (b) in the case of an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore—according to a copy of the Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of that Colony; and (c) in the case of an Imperial Act—according to a copy of the Act printed or purporting to be printed by the Sovereign’s Printer in London.