(a) When faced with a question which the Act does not deal with expressly, a court must interpret the Act to give effect to the purpose or objective which the legislature intended. This purpose may be gathered from the Act itself, or from evidence outside of the Act.
(b) When faced with a question which the Act does not deal with expressly, a court must restrict itself to doing only what the Act specifically authorises. It is not for the courts to use interpretation to guess at what the legislature intended, nor to consider any evidence outside of the Act itself.
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