- A Interpretation theory say proviso may have three separate functions.
- Proviso is exception to something within the main enactment or to qualify something enacted
- Proviso is used to remove special cases from the general enactment and provide for them separately.
- Proviso is intended to limit the enacted provision
- Interpretation must depend on the text and the context. A statute is best interpreted when we know why it was enacted.
- The statute must be read, first as a whole and then section by section, clause by clause, No part of a statute and no word of a statute can be construed in isolation.
