“The important thing, however, is to discover the intention of the legislature, reading the section as a whole. Sankey J. indicated this in Attorney General v. Brown [1920] 1 K.B. 773 at page 798 when he said- “Although therefore the doctrine of <i>ejusdem generis</i> is to be applied with caution, where in an Act of Parliament there are strong reasons (a) from the history and circumstances connected with its passing, (b) from the structure of the Act itself, to indicate the real meaning of the Legislature, in my view the doctrine of <i>ejusdem generis</i> is one which not only can, but ought to be applied. Further than that, in this particular case it may be urged that there is evidence in the section itself that the meaning of the general words is to be restricted.”
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