Adler v. George – Interpretation of Statutes

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Under the Official Secrets Act 1920 it was an offence to obstruct a member of the armed forces ‘in the vicinity’ of a prohibited palace. The defendant was actually in the prohibited place, rather than ‘in the vicinity’ of it at the time of obstruction. The court applied the golden rule. It would be absurd for a person to be liable if they were near to a prohibited place and not if they were actually in it.

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