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I-21 — Interpretation Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2021-08-03 to present available View Source
    The expression “shall” is to be construed as imperative and the expression “may” as permissive.
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    The expression “shall” is to be construed as imperative and the expression “may” as permissive.

  2. 2002-12-31 to present View Source

    The expression “shall” is to be construed as imperative and the expression “may” as permissive.