IOS2601 MCQ&True or False Qs&As
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IOS2601
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. According to the Constitution, legislation comprises of …
(1) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations
assigned legislation, policy documents, legislation in the new constitutional
order and municipal by-laws
(2) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations,
advertisements, old older legislation, legislation in the new constitutional
order and municipal by-law
(3) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations assigned
legislation, policy documents, legislation in the new constitutional order and
legal notices.
(4) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations assigned
legislation old order legislation, legislation in the new constitutional order and
municipal by-laws.
Answer: 4
2. Adoption refers to…
(1) The process of putting legislation officially and legally into operation
(2) The constitutionally prescribed and other legal processes and procedures
required for the draft legislation to become law, including preparation of a draft
Bill, introduction of the Bill in the legislature, and public participation (if
required), as well as the committee stages, voting and assent
(3) Construing enacted law-texts with reference to and reliance on other law-
texts, concretising the text to be construed so as to cater for the exigencies of
an actual or hypothesised concrete situation
(4) When legislation operates as of a time prior to its enactment, in other words,
it operates backwards in time, and changes the law from what it was
Answer: 2
3. Indicate which statement is not correct.
, According to section 12(2) of the Interpretation Act 33 of 1957, where a
law repeals any other law, then, unless the contrary intention appears,
the repeal shall no-
(1) Affect the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done
or suffered under the law so repealed
(2) Affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued, or
incurred under any law so repealed
(3) Affect any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of
any sentence imposed by the law so repealed
(4) Affect any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such
right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture, or punishment
Answer: 3
4. Fill in the missing words. According to your prescribed textbook, the
various dimensions of the “practical inclusive method of interpretation”
include the language or grammatical aspect, the systematic aspect, the
………… aspect, the historical aspect and the …………… aspect.
(1) value-based or teleological, comparative
(2) contextual, textual
(3) peremptory, directory
(4) internal, external
Answer: 1
5. In terms of one of the five interrelated dimensions of interpretation, the
initial meaning of the text entails that …
(1) words with a technical meaning must be given that specialised meaning
(2) an extraordinary meaning must be attached to the words
(3) the interpretation process ends with the reading of the legislation concerned
(4) words must be given their ordinary, inaccurate meaning.
Answer: 1
6. In the case of ………….. the court acknowledged the
unqualified application of the Constitution‟s preamble.
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IOS2601
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. According to the Constitution, legislation comprises of …
(1) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations
assigned legislation, policy documents, legislation in the new constitutional
order and municipal by-laws
(2) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations,
advertisements, old older legislation, legislation in the new constitutional
order and municipal by-law
(3) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations assigned
legislation, policy documents, legislation in the new constitutional order and
legal notices.
(4) National and provincial legislation, proclamations, and regulations assigned
legislation old order legislation, legislation in the new constitutional order and
municipal by-laws.
Answer: 4
2. Adoption refers to…
(1) The process of putting legislation officially and legally into operation
(2) The constitutionally prescribed and other legal processes and procedures
required for the draft legislation to become law, including preparation of a draft
Bill, introduction of the Bill in the legislature, and public participation (if
required), as well as the committee stages, voting and assent
(3) Construing enacted law-texts with reference to and reliance on other law-
texts, concretising the text to be construed so as to cater for the exigencies of
an actual or hypothesised concrete situation
(4) When legislation operates as of a time prior to its enactment, in other words,
it operates backwards in time, and changes the law from what it was
Answer: 2
3. Indicate which statement is not correct.
, According to section 12(2) of the Interpretation Act 33 of 1957, where a
law repeals any other law, then, unless the contrary intention appears,
the repeal shall no-
(1) Affect the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done
or suffered under the law so repealed
(2) Affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued, or
incurred under any law so repealed
(3) Affect any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of
any sentence imposed by the law so repealed
(4) Affect any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such
right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture, or punishment
Answer: 3
4. Fill in the missing words. According to your prescribed textbook, the
various dimensions of the “practical inclusive method of interpretation”
include the language or grammatical aspect, the systematic aspect, the
………… aspect, the historical aspect and the …………… aspect.
(1) value-based or teleological, comparative
(2) contextual, textual
(3) peremptory, directory
(4) internal, external
Answer: 1
5. In terms of one of the five interrelated dimensions of interpretation, the
initial meaning of the text entails that …
(1) words with a technical meaning must be given that specialised meaning
(2) an extraordinary meaning must be attached to the words
(3) the interpretation process ends with the reading of the legislation concerned
(4) words must be given their ordinary, inaccurate meaning.
Answer: 1
6. In the case of ………….. the court acknowledged the
unqualified application of the Constitution‟s preamble.
