Report Title:

Construction of Laws; Meaning of "Or" and "And"

Description:

Repeals law providing that each of the terms "or" and "and" has the meaning of the other or both.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1976
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to construction of laws.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 1-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§1-18  "Or," "and."  Each of the terms "or" and "and," has the meaning of the other or of both."]

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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