Harmonious construction ensures conflicting statutory provisions are reconciled to give effect to both wherever possible.

The harmonious construction principle requires courts to reconcile apparently conflicting provisions within or between statutes to give effect to each, prohibiting interpretations that reduce a provision to a "dead letter". Courts must avoid head on clashes, construe sections to operate together, and, where reconciliation is difficult, interpret provisions so both retain effect rather than rendering either otiose.

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