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PROCEDURE Interpretation Purposive Interpretation Purposive interpretation would not override the clear unambiguous intention of the legislature and the plain and ordinary meaning of the text of a treaty. (Request for advisory opinion by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 002/2013, advisory opinion, 5 December 2014, para 98).

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Commentary: Purposive interpretation would not override the clear unambiguous intention of the legislature and the plain and ordinary meaning of the text of a treaty. (Request for advisory opinion by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 002/2013, advisory opinion, 5 December 2014, para 98).

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002/2013 Request for advisory opinion by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child