Canada Sugar Refining Company v R

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1898
Date1898
Year1898
CourtPrivy Council
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  • Ng Kwok Chun and Another v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 29 October 1992
    ... ... on the Canadian decision in R v Geesman [1970] 13 CRNS 240 as Canada had, like Singapore, ratified the United Nations` Single Convention on ... , Mr Lim relied on the decision of the Privy Council in Canada Sugar Refining Co v The Queen. 6 The issue in that case was whether a cargo of sugar brought into Canada by the appellant company was liable to duty payable under the Customs Tariff Act 1894 (as amended ... ...
  • Bank Bumiputra (M) Bhd v Cheong Yoke Choy (Malaysian Central Depository Sdn Bhd, proposed intervener)
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2000
  • Lafette Edgehill and Others v Greg Christie
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 March 2012
    ... ... Mr Beresford indicated that it was company policy, in respect of persons whose employment had been terminated and who ... cases, viz: Eaton Baker and Another v R (1975) 13 JLR 174 ; Canada Refining Co. v R (4) (1898) AC 471 (1898) AC 471 ; Felix v Burkett and ... ...
  • R. v. Wilder (D.M.), [2002] B.C.T.C. 705 (SC)
    • Canada
    • British Columbia Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • 13 May 2002
    ...as it would be if considered alone and apart from the rest of the Act. And, in Canada Sugar Refining Company, Limited v. The Queen , [1898] A.C.735, Lord Davey said at p.741: ... Every clause of a statute should be construed with reference to the context and the other clauses of the Act, so......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Statutory Interpretation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part I
    • 16 June 2012
    ...for brings about a result which conforms to the apparent scheme of the legislation. See also Canada Sugar Ref‌ining Co v Canada , [1898] AC 735 at 741 (PC), Lord Davey: “Every clause of a statute should be construed with reference to the context and the other clauses of the Act, so as, so f......
  • Interpretation Of Statutes
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 12 Interpretation Of Statutes
    • 3 July 2016
    ...one part only by itself – see Turguand v. Board of Trade (1886) 11 App. Cas. 286 at 291. In the case of Canada Sugar Refining Co. v. R. (1898) A.C. 735 it is said at p. 741 thereof: – “Every clause of a statute should be construed with reference to the context and the other clauses of the A......
  • Jurisdiction
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 13 Jurisdiction
    • 10 July 2016
    ...of the whole enactment and every part of it in order to arrive if possible at a consistent plan. In Canada Sugar Refining Co. v. R. (1898) A.C. 735 Lord Davey said at page 741: - “Every clause of a statute should be construed with reference to the context and other clauses of the Act, so as......

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