Leveridge v McCann - [1951] NZLR 855

Statute — Interpretation — Reference to Subsequent Enactment in Aid of Interpretation — Regulation making Printing or Publishing of Any Statement likely to encourage Continuance of Declared Strike an Offence — Defendant proved only to have distributed Such a Statement — Subsequent Amendment of Regulation adding Offence of "distributing or delivering" Such a Statement — Court's Right to look at Amendment in interpreting Word "publishes" — Defendant not guilty of "publishing" — "Publishes" — Waterfront Strike Emergency Regulations, 1951 (Serial Nos 1951/24, 1951(100), Reg 4 (d).