(a) All provisions of this article relating to construction of ordinances, resolutions, and rules shall apply not merely to those now in force, but to all enacted, unless otherwise expressed or obviously intended.
(b) The rules of construction set forth in § 1-2.1 shall not be applied to any provision of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu that shall contain any express provision excluding such construction, or when the subject matter or context of a provision of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu may be repugnant thereto.
(Sec. 1-2.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 1, Art. 2, § 1-2.2)