Statement of objects and reasons

Vande Matram! Interpretation of Statute is very important skill which every law professional must possess. Hence it is incorporated in the degree course of law. Let’s discuss how are the statements of objects and reasons of an enactment used to interpret a statute?

Statement of objects and reasons:

The statements of objects and reasons cannot be used as an aid to construction. The statements of object and reason are not admissible as an aid to construction of a statute. Objects and reasons of a statute are to be looked into as an external aid to find out the legislative intent, only when the language is obscure or ambiguous.

The Statement of Objects and Reasons, seeks only to explain what reasons induced the mover to introduce the bill in the House and what objects he sought to achieve. But those objects and reasons may or may not correspond to the objective which the majority of members had in view when they passed it into law. The Bill may have undergone radical changes during its passage through the House or Houses, and there is no guarantee that the reasons which led to its introduction and the objects thereby sought to be achieved have remained the same throughout till the Bill emerges from the House as an Act of the Legislature, for they do not form part of the Bill and are not voted upon by the members. The Statements of Objects and Reasons appended to the Bill should be ruled out as an aid to the construction of a statute.

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