Section 18: Re-enacted provisions

Interpretation and General Clauses Act · PART II: PUBLICATION, COMMENCEMENT AND REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS

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18. Re-enacted provisions Where an enactment repeals and re-enacts another enactment, with or without modification, any reference to the repealed enactment in any other enactment shall be construed as a reference to the re-enacted provision.

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If a law is repealed and replaced by a new one covering the same thing, do old references point to the new law?