§1-20 "Month", "year". The word "month" means a calendar month; and the word "year", a calendar year. [CC 1859, §18; RL 1925, §17; RL 1935, §18; RL 1945, §17; RL 1955, §1-25; HRS §1-20]
Case Notes
Cited: 10 H. 249, 250; 38 H. 443, 444.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
1. Common Law; Construction of Laws
1-1 Common law of the State; exceptions.
1-2 Certain laws not obligatory until published.
1-4 Persons and property subject to laws.
1-4.5 Cession of concurrent jurisdiction.
1-5 Contracts in contravention of law.
1-8 No revivor on repeal; exception.
1-9 Express or implied repeals.
1-10 Effect of repeal on accrued rights.
1-11 Effect of repeal on pending suit or prosecution.
1-12 Application of statutory construction provisions.
1-13.5 Hawaiian language; spelling.
1-14 Words have usual meaning.
1-15 Construction of ambiguous context.
1-19 "Person", "others", "any", etc.
1-20 "Month", "year".
1-24 Interpretation of uniform acts.
1-25 References apply to amendments.
1-27 Citations of laws included in supplements and replacement volumes.
1-28 Service of notice by mail.
1-30 Hawaiian standard time applicable.