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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 1-12 (2026)

  Application of statutory construction provisions

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     §1-12  Application of statutory construction provisions.  All provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to general statutory construction shall apply not merely to laws now in force but to all hereafter enacted, unless otherwise expressed or obviously intended. [L 1945, c 233, §4; RL 1955, §1-15; HRS §1-12]

 

 

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Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: State v. Medeiros., 454 P.3d 1069 (Haw. 2019).
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State v. Medeiros., 454 P.3d 1069 (Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “” HRS § 1-12(2). “Laws in pari materia, or upon the same subject matter, shall be construed with reference to each other.”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 1-12(2) — 1 case
State v. Medeiros., 454 P.3d 1069 (Haw. 2019). “” HRS § 1-12(2). “Laws in pari materia, or upon the same subject matter, shall be construed with reference to each other.”
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