Rules of Interpretation...Index

Fundamental Principles 0....Proportionality Test.........2......3 .................

01. Courts not to usurp Legislative powers

o2 Courts not to Amend the statute by adding or deleting words

03 Doctrine of Casus Omissus ;Professor Cote

03.1 Courts :Not toSupply Casus Omissus

04 When Courts Can Deviate from Rule against Casus Omissus

2.Removal of Ambiguity :Purpose of Interpretation

04 Ambiguity: Maxewell Coinage of Term

Basic Approaches

01 Legislative Intent: Touchstone of Interpretation

02 Considering Act as a whole   2

02.1 Words must be Read in Context Of The statute  
2.2 Words Must Be read in Context: Maxwell

03.1 Courts not to Read words into Statute

03.3 Courts :When some Violence Permissible

03.4 Words not to be given Strained construction

05.Words have Core and Ordinary Meaning:Rule of Interpretation:US Courts

05.1 Ordinary Meaning :Reference to Dictionary: US Courts Approach

05.2Rule of Construction: Ordniary Natural meaning in context:US Court Approach
05.2 Plain, Obvious and Rational Meaning: To be preferred-USCourts
0.5.3 Common Meaning: What is

0.5.2 Rule of Fundamental Right's based Approach

0.5.3 Finding Meaning f words: Imperfections of Methods and Approaches

1.If Meaning is Plain: Apply it...Cannon of Construction

1.1 Statutory Language be given Most Ordinary and most Natural Meaning

1.2 Construction where Most Natural and Ordinary Meaning cannot be given

1.3 When to Depart from Literal/Plain Meaning Rule

1.3.1 Literal Rule and Other Approaches:Explained by courts
1.3. Deviation fro Literal Rule   Canadian Citation

1.4 Purposive approach and its adoption by Courts

3.Two key Assumptions in Interpretation

4.Drafting Errors

5. Construction Based on Consistency with Constitution
6. Few Rules of Interpretation: Summed up by Pierre-Andre  Cote

Special Rules Punctuation and Grammar

01.'May' and 'Shall': Usage

02. Same word Same Meaning