Sarawak Interpretation Ordinance 2005 (Cap. 61).

This Ordinance is enacted to repeal the Interpretation Ordinance [Cap. 1 (1958 Ed.)] and to replace it with a new Ordinance to make better provision for the construction, application, interpretation and publication of the law, and for incidental and connected matters. The Ordinance consist of 62 Sections divided into 7 Parts: Application and General Provisions of Interpretation (I); General Provisions Regarding Ordinances, etc (II); Subsidiary Legislation and Instruments (III); Powers and Appointments (IV); Delegation of Powers (V); Penal Provisions (VI); Miscellaneous (VII). The Schedule of the Ordinances lists the races which are indigenous to Sarawak.
Except where the contrary intention appears, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to this Ordinance and to any written law now or after this in force made by competent authority in Sarawak and to any instrument made or issued under it. This Ordinance shall be binding on the Government.