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To: Yardstick
How can they resurrect a law that’s been repealed by the parliament?

When it was repealed it had a "coming into force" clause that made it effective one year from the date it was made into law. That isn't until June this year.

But, my understanding is that when laws are repealed it is not retroactive, anyway. All of the cases that are being tried under that law proceed as if the law still exists.

The whole thing is bizarre to me. When Parliament kills a law, it should be dead, it shouldn't just turn into some kind of zombie-freak law that sucks out our legal brains until it's through with all its victims. This clearly was not the intent of Parliament.

263 posted on 01/31/2014 8:41:42 PM PST by conniew
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To: conniew

Okay, I see (and I agree with you on the zombie thing). Does this mean that after June of this year cases like the one brought against you can no longer be brought?


264 posted on 01/31/2014 8:48:20 PM PST by Yardstick
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