Court : Australia High Court
..... treat all statutes as being valid as far as possible, and to assume, as the general intention of parliament, that as much of an act shall operate as can operate, even if other parts may fail." 329. of course, this principle of construction is subject to the language and purposes of the act in question. ..... made in a public place and therefore raised questions of public order, including the possibility that insulting and abusive statements might provoke violence. section 471.12 operates in a different sphere and for different purposes. its purposes are not confined to ensuring the civility of discourse in society. its protective purposes, and the ..... must be rejected. they are fundamentally flawed. the flaws 117. first, the submissions proceed from a false premise. the premise for the submissions is that the operation of the freedom is to be assessed, and its boundaries determined, by reference to whether the constitutional system of government will remain intact and still function. the .....
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