METHODOLOGIES of statutory interpretation include:

1. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION uses multiple rules/canons: 2. (i) LITERAL RULE — words given their plain, ordinary, grammatical meaning; 3. (ii) GOLDEN RULE — literal meaning unless it leads to absurdity, then modified; 4. (iii) MISCHIEF RULE (Heydon's Case, 1584) — court considers (a) what was the common law before; (b) what was the mischief; (c) what remedy was provided; (d) the true reason; — chooses construction that suppresses the mischief; 5. (iv) PURPOSIVE APPROACH — gives effect to the OBJECT/PURPOSE of the Act; 6. (v) HARMONIOUS CONSTRUCTION — read provisions of the same Act in harmony; 7. (vi) EJUSDEM GENERIS — general words after specific words limited to same genus; 8. (vii) NOSCITUR A SOCIIS — word known by its companions; 9. (viii) UT RES MAGIS VALEAT QUAM PEREAT — give effect to construction that makes the statute operative. 10. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Statutory Interpretation rules_