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    Agpalo Notes - Statutory Construction, CH 6

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    CHAPTER VI PREAMBLE AS INTRINSIC AID

    INTRINSIC AIDS IN
    CONSTRUCTION AND The intent of the law as culled from
    its preamble and from the situation,
    INTERPRETATION
    circumstances and conditions it sought to
    remedy, must be enforced.

    INTRINSIC AIDS

    Preamble used as a guide in


    The very term “intrinsic” means determining the intent of the lawmaker.
    internal or within.

    Intrinsic aids, therefore, are those


    aids within the statute.

    If the language of the statute is


    clear and unequivocal, there is no need to
    resort to intrinsic aids.

    In resorting to intrinsic aids, one


    must go back to the parts of the statute.

    (title, preamble, context or body, chapter


    and section headings, punctuation and
    interpretation clause)

    THE TITLE OF THE LAW IS A


    VALUABLE INTRINSIC AID IN
    DETERMINING LEGISLATIVE INTENT

    TEXT OF THE STATUTE AS


    INTRINSIC AID

    Subtitle of the statute as intrinsic


    aid in determining legislative intent.

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