Court Opinion

ID: 9619751
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:32:30.500497+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:43.957178
License: Public Domain

Schwellenbach, J.
(concurring) — I concur in the majority opinion in its entirety, but wish to express my views concerning the rule of liberal construction.
Section 21 of the act of 1945, p. 853, provides, in part:
“The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this act, but the same shall be liberally construed, in order to carry out the purposes and objects for which this act is intended.”
The legislature may tell an administrative agency which is to carry out the provisions of the act how that act should be administered. However, I do not believe that the legislative branch of - the government has any right to dictate to the judicial branch how a legislative act shall be construed. That is solely a judicial function.