Alderson B said: ‘The rule of law, I take it, upon the construction of all statutes . . is, whether they be penal or remedial, to construe them according to the plain, literal, and grammatical meaning of the words in which they are expressed, unless that construction leads to a plain and clear contradiction of the apparent purpose of the Act, or to some palpable and evident absurdity.’
Alderson B
[1842] EngR 835, (1842) 10 M and W 464, (1842) 152 ER 552
Commonlii
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – The Attorney-General v Lockwood CEC 22-Jan-1842
The keeper of a beer-shop, licensed under statute is liable to the penalties imposed by 56 Cleo. 3, e. 58, s. 2, for having in his possession any of the prohibited articles therein specified, or any other article or preparation to be used as a . .
Cited by:
Cited – Sweet v Parsley HL 23-Jan-1969
Mens Rea essential element of statutory Offence
The appellant had been convicted under the Act 1965 of having been concerned in the management of premises used for smoking cannabis. This was a farmhouse which she visited infrequently. The prosecutor had conceded that she was unaware that the . .
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Updated: 05 September 2021; Ref: scu.307790
