When Can a Statute Be Read in Pari Materia

question 13

Multiple Choice

When can a statute be read in pari materia?

• A) When the same Minister has promoted the bill.
• B) When at least two judges at the level of Court of Appeal or above have pronounced two statutes to be of the same matter.
• C) When two statutes have been drafted by the same draftsmen.
• D) When the statute concerns the same matter as another.

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Definitions:

Mental Set

A cognitive tendency to approach situations in a fixed way based on previous experiences, potentially inhibiting problem-solving.

Confirmation Bias

The bias towards selecting, decoding, favoring, and reminiscing over data that corroborates one's prior beliefs or conjectures.

Perceptual Set

A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others.

Grammatical Rules

The structured guidelines that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.