Where a Statute professes merely to repeal a former Statute of limited operation, and to re-enact its provisions in an amended form, an intention to extend the operation of its provisions to classes of persons not previously subject to them is not to be presumed as a necessary inference, unless the intention to the contrary is clearly shown.
Citations:
[1872] EngR 39, (1872) 9 Moo PC NS 384, (1872) 17 ER 559
Links:
Commonwealth, Constitutional
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.280129
