RULES RELATING TO

INTERPRETATION OF
PENAL STATUTES
PRESENTED BY,
ATHIRA O
ROLL NO :27
 INTRODUCTION

1. From jisha shaji

• Interpretation of Penal Statutes
• Penal Statutes may be defined as those statutes that impose penal liability on a person who is guilty of
• any offence. The word penal connotes some form of punishment imposed against the individual by
• mandate of the State. Interpretation of penal provisions must be in consonance with the principles
• underlying fundamental rights. Any provision which visits an accused with adverse consequenceswithout
affording him any remedy to disprove an item of evidence which stands against his innocence. is
• From jisha shaji
• Interpretation of Penal Statutes
• Penal Statutes may be defined as those statutes that impose penal liability on a person who is guilty of
• any offence. The word penal connotes some form of punishment imposed against the individual by
• mandate of the State. Interpretation of penal provisions must be in consonance with the principles
• underlying fundamental rights. Any provision which visits an accused with adverse consequences
• withoutnal in nature, burden and standard
• of proof is thetes. It is not competent
• for a court to create an offence by interpretation as this may operate to entrap the unwary and ignorant
• and threaten the rights of the people generally.