SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY 
                                        Programme & Subject: LLB (CBCS) 
                                                        Semester: III 
                                        Syllabus with Effect from: July - 2014 
                                                                  
         Paper Code: UL03ELLB01                                                                      Total Credit: 4 
         Title Of Paper: Interpretation of Statutes &  Principles of Legislation 
         
          Unit                                  Description in Detail                                 Weightage (%) 
            I     Principles of Legislations 
                  Law-making- The Legislature, The Executive andThe Judiciary 
                  Principles of utility                                                                     25% 
                  Distinction between Interpretation and Construction 
                  Meaning of the term. Statutes and its kinds 
                  Basic principles of  Interpretation 
            II    Commencement. Operation and Repealment of Statutes 
                  Aids to Interpretation : Internal Aids&External aids 
                  Important considerations in Interpretation of Statutes 
                  General principles of Interpretation regarding:                                           25% 
                  Mandatory & Directory provisions 
                  Penal statutes 
                  Remedial Statutes 
           III    Golden Rule / Heydan’s Rule 
                  Use of General clauses Act in interpretation                                              25% 
                  Presumptions in Statutory Interpretation 
           IV     Principles of Constitutional Interpretation                                               25% 
                  Maxims of Interpretation 
         
        Basic Text & Reference Books:- 
         
             
    Principles of Statutory Interpretation    -GP Singh              
             
    Principles of Interpretation              -Tandon 
             
    Interpretation of Statutes                - V P'Saiachi 
             
    Interpretation of Statutes                -MP Tandoon 
             
    Introduction to Justice                   - UpendraBaxi , 
             
    Interpretation of Statutes                - Bawa and Roy 
             
    Interpretation of Statutes                - K.P Chakrabarti 
             
    Interpretation of Satutes                     -S.M.Chaturvedi 
         
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