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uncertainties.
As I nave salu,
it was clear precisely what to veleyate to the Chief Justice the Governor had in mind the power given to mim by the law in force in mong koný to appoint ayistrates, (paragraph (o)), and the Chief Justice could hardly have been in any count about the nature of the
it will have ween power delegated to nim paragraph (1. seen that I have round myself undule to subscribe to the I judye's reasoning summarised in paragraph (10), which,
rad an Glr of unreality about feel sound to say,
it.
in PY
With very great respect to the judge,
in paragraph (11), judyiment, the conclusions summariseo
(10) in pärdylapns Paseu on the tenuous reasoning
Ifr. Line's appointment was invalid, Cannot be sustained.
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Leading counsel for
1: was certainly not for those reasons. the respondents barely sought to support the judge's
was salu ajout it lackeu reasoning, and what little
conviction.
The nabeas corpus IOCE
we
in the appeal but
the napeas corpus remedy was
The Chius ..ere relɑndea
Their wail was
These proceedings to not reature ished to De assured that properly applied for and granted. on wall by I. Line on ɔtn November 199. extenued until zith Marc. 1991.
In the eantime, on
7th December 1590 the Chius were given leave to apply for
On 11th March 1991 Nuzareth, J. judicial review.
ordered
writs of habeas corpus to be issued and served on wr. Line anu the sureties. Mr. Line was ordered "to have the applicant in the supreme Court"
the writ". Mr.
Kaplan, J. taken up by junior counsel for vir. David Chiu who sought to Justify the steps which nad seen taken.
"and to make a return to Line July made returns to the writs vefore The invitation to address us on the matter was
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