“…Earlier authority for that proposition was to be found in cases such as Ex p Blain (1879) 12 Ch D 522, 526, per James LJ, and R v Jameson [1896] 2 QB 425, 430, per Lord Russell of Killowen CJ. Later authority is plentiful: see, for example, Attorney-General for Alberta v Huggard Assets Limited [1953] AC 420, 441…”
“…The principle was succinctly stated by Lord Russell of Killowen CJ in R v Jameson [1896] 2 QB 425, 430. In describing the canon of statutory construction that, if another construction be possible, general words in an Act of Parliament will not be construed …”