Question
Legal Studies Question on Administrative Law
Pick the incorrect statement from the following.
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.
The marginal notes or captions are part of legislative exercise and the language employed therein provides the key to the legislative intent.
A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits.
When a statute is carefully punctuated and there is doubt about its meaning, a weight should undoubtedly be given to the punctuation.
A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits.
Solution
The correct option is (C): A term or expression defined under a particular statute has scope but no limits..