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(1)Name any two external aids to Interpretation.[2]
Answer
Two external aids are Parliamentary debates and dictionaries.
Parliamentary debates, in particular the speech of the mover of the Bill, may be looked at to ascertain the mischief and the object of the Act, though not to control the meaning of plain words. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India AIR 1993 SC 477 used Dr. Ambedkar's Constituent Assembly speech to construe "backward class of citizens".
Dictionaries may be consulted where a word is not defined in the Act, to find its ordinary meaning; the court must then choose the sense that fits the context, since a dictionary gives every meaning a word has ever borne. Motipur Zamindary Co. v. State of Bihar AIR 1962 SC 660.
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