LLB101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Crimes Act 1914, Statutory Interpretation
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If the act does provide a special meaning: Where means" is used to define a term, the definition is exhaustive (i. e. only the words used in the act apply any ordinary meaning is displaced) Where includes" is used to define a term, the definition is inclusive (i. e. the words used in the act apply as well as any ordinary meaning/s) Cohns industries pty ltd v deputy fct (1979) 24 alr 658. Noscitur a sociis (words of a feather flock together) Words take their meaning from words with which they are associated. Where a list of two or more specific words appear, followed by more general words, the otherwise wide meaning of the general words is limited to the same class (if any) of the specific words. It can be rebutted, for example if the words are too wide to for a specific class. Eg has a pattern of specific and general words.
