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High Court Wellington
21, 31 October 1975
Quilliam J
21, 31 October 1975
Quilliam J
Criminal law — Crimes relating to the execution of civil or criminal process — Prison officer charged upon indictment of introducing a pistol into a penal institution — Penal Institutions Act 1954, s 44.
Statutes — Rules of interpretation — General particular words — Ejusdem generis rule — Specific words must constitute a category for the rule to be applicable — Penal Institutions Act 1954, s 44(1)(a).