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Legal Studies Question on Administrative Law

Pick the incorrect statement from the following.

A

Marginal notes to the sections of a statute and the titles of its chapters cannot take away the effect of the provisions contained in the Act so as to render those provisions legislatively incompetent.

B

The marginal notes or captions are part of legislative exercise and the language employed therein provides the key to the legislative intent.

C

A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits.

D

When a statute is carefully punctuated and there is doubt about its meaning, a weight should undoubtedly be given to the punctuation.

Answer

A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits.

Explanation

Solution

The correct option is (C): A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits..