4Construction of statutes

4 Construction of statutes

(1)  After the passing of this Act every statute shall, for the purposes of this Act, be read and construed as if any offence therein mentioned for which the offender may be prosecuted on indictment or information (however such offence may be therein described or referred to) were described or referred to as a crime as defined by the Code ; and all provisions of this Act relating to crimes generally shall apply to every such offence.

(2)  Where in any statute reference is made to proceedings upon information in the Supreme Court, the same shall be construed as a reference to proceedings upon indictment.

(3)  *[Section 4 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 38 of 1963, s. 2 ]*Except as provided in section 36 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 , nothing contained in this Act or in the Code shall be construed to affect the construction of any statute, or of any provision thereof, creating an offence punishable summarily or referring or relating to summary proceedings.