Is an intention to produce an unreasonable result not to be imputed to a statute?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. v. Bhatti, 1989 CanLII 3421 (AB QB):
In Artemiou v. Procopiou, [1966] 1 Q.B. 878 (C.A.), Danckwerts, J.A. , states at p. 888: "An intention to produce an unreasonable result is not to be imputed to a statute if there is some other construction available ..."
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