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Guideline 27
Circular references, serial references, and relative references should be avoided.
| 27.1. | A circular reference is a reference to a provision which itself refers back to the provision making the reference. The circular reference must be avoided since it would make both provisions undetermined or unclear. | |
| 27.2. | A serial reference is a reference to a provision, which itself refers to a further provision. In the interests of ease of understanding of Acts, such references should be avoided. | |
| 27.3. | A relative reference is a reference to a provision on the basis of the latter’s location relative to the provision making the reference (it uses words like "the previous provision" or "the next provision", or "above"). In the interests of ease of understanding of Acts, such references should be avoided. Besides, later amendments by way of insertions could change the location of the provision referred to, so that the reference would become mistaken (the provision referred to as the "above provision" could no longer be the above provision). | |
