Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000118/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 October 1999.
1. This is an opposed application for leave to apply for judicial review of the decision of the Chief Executive to issue to a magistrate an authority to proceed, that is an order that the applicant be dealt with under Part II of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance ("the Ordinance "). The relief sought is an order of certiorari to quash the decision to issue that order; an order of mandamus requiring the Chief Executive to order the applicant's release; and a number of declarations which I can say a