TOMMY THOMPSON BOOKS LTD AND OTHERS v THE REPUBLIC [1995-96] 1 GLR 227 - 251

Statutes—Construction—Aids to construction—Main divisions of an enactment—Significance of subdivisions—Main divisions one with enactment but providing no conclusive interpretation of provisions—Ascertainment of legislative intent before recourse to other sources of interpretation—Issue as to whether libel public offence—Conclusion by judge that libel not public offence solely because offence not placed under public order division of Act 29—Whether judge justified—Interpretation Act, 1960 (CA 4), s 4—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29)—Interpretation (Amendment) Act, 1961 (Act 92).