Lawful Purpose - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition lawful-purpose

Definition :

Lawful purpose, may mean a purpose not forbidden by law or not unlawful under the statute that enacts the term or it can mean a purpose that is supported by a positive rule of law, Crafter v. Kelly, (194) SASR 237.

Should be read as a purpose that is authorised, as opposed to not forbidden, by law because that meaning best gives effect to the object to the section, Taikato v. Queen, (1996) 186 CLR 454