Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 62. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article I. CRIMES AND OFFENSES IN CITY OF LAFAYETTE |
Division 1. GENERALLY |
§ 62-3. Interpretation.
Latest version.
The sections of this chapter cannot be extended by analogy so as to create crimes not provided for herein; however, in order to promote justice and to effect the objects of the law, all of its provisions shall be given a genuine construction, according to the fair import of their words, taken in their usual sense, in connection with the context and with reference to the purpose of the provision.
(City Code 1965, § 10-2)
State law reference
Similar provisions, R.S. 14:3.