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Municipal Corporations Act 1882

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7 Interpretation and construction.

(1) In this Act— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Municipal corporation” means the body corporate constituted by the incorporation of the inhabitants of a borough: “Municipal Corporations Act, 1835,” means the recited Act of King William the Fourth, the date of the passing whereof is the ninth of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five: “Municipal Corporations Acts” means this Act and any Act to be passed amending this Act: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Corporate office” means the office of mayor, alderman, councillor, elective auditor, . . . “Corporate land” means land belonging to or held in trust for a municipal corporation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Trustees” means trustees, commissioners, or directors, or the persons charged with the execution of a trust or public duty, however designated: “Person” includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Justice” means one of Her Majesty’s justices of the peace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Words in this Act referring to a borough, municipal corporation, authority, officer, or office, shall be construed distributively as referring to each borough, corporation, authority, officer, or office to which or to whom the provision is applicable. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7 Interpretation and construction.

(1) In this Act— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Municipal corporation” means the body corporate constituted by the incorporation of the inhabitants of a borough: “Municipal Corporations Act, 1835,” means the recited Act of King William the Fourth, the date of the passing whereof is the ninth of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five: “Municipal Corporations Acts” means this Act and any Act to be passed amending this Act: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Corporate office” means the office of mayor, alderman, councillor, elective auditor, . . . “Corporate land” means land belonging to or held in trust for a municipal corporation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Trustees” means trustees, commissioners, or directors, or the persons charged with the execution of a trust or public duty, however designated: “Person” includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Justice” means one of Her Majesty’s justices of the peace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Words in this Act referring to a borough, municipal corporation, authority, officer, or office, shall be construed distributively as referring to each borough, corporation, authority, officer, or office to which or to whom the provision is applicable. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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