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Implied repeal

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In Canadian law, it is possible for a law to be protected from implied repeal by way of a "primacy clause" which states that the act in question supersedes all other statutes until it is specifically repealed. Acts with such primacy clauses are called quasi-constitutional.
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law, "implied repeal" is a disfavored doctrine. That is, if a court can reconcile the two statutes with any reasonable interpretation, that interpretation is preferred to one that treats the earlier statute as invalidated by the later one.
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hold a higher status in UK law and are not subject to the doctrine of implied repeal. The case specifically dealt with s.2(2) of the
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can only be expressly repealed; it cannot be impliedly repealed; that is because of its 'fundamental constitutional nature'."
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are "constitutional statutes" and in his opinion may not be subject to the doctrine of implied repeal.
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Implied repeal is to be contrasted with the express repeal of legislation by the legislative body.
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Implicitly repealed
concept
constitutional theory
Act of Parliament
Act of Congress
Quasi-constitutionality
Thoburn v Sunderland City Council
Metric Martyrs
Lord Justice Laws
constitutionally significant statutes
European Communities Act
Parliament Acts
Human Rights Act
United Kingdom Supreme Court
Lord Hope
Scotland Act
In re Jim Allister and others (EU Exit)
United States
Desuetude
Derogation
Obrogation
BH v The Lord Advocate (Scotland) UKSC 24
Adam Perry and Farrah Ahmed: Are Constitutional Statutes 'Quasi-Entrenched'? Blog of the UK Constitutional Law Association
10 Cal. 2d 160
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