While not be read into any more than
While usingthe literal rule, words from the statue are read in just the way they arepresented and in a ‘literal’ sense (hence the name) and therefore will not beread into any more than the face value will have you believed. So they will notbe misconstrued into any other meanings. One Exampleof The Literal Rule was the Fisher v Bell case (1960). Under the offensiveweapons act of 1959, it is an offense to offer certain offensive weapons forsale. Bristol shopkeeper, James Bell displayed a flick knife in his shopwindow. When brought to trial it was concluded that Bell could not be […]