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Exception and Saving Clause

Later passage in an enactment prevails over the substantive


portion it follows
But an Exception or saving clause does not extend the terms of
the section
Where a general intention is expressed in an Act , which also
expresses a particular intention, the particular intention might be
considered as an exception
Exception construed strictly against the party trying to take the
benefit
A saving clause , which is generally introduced into the
repealing Act, in order to safeguard rights , which but for saving
would be lost
A saving clause would not give any further right, than a party
already had
A Saving Clause which is repugnant to the body of the Act is
void

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