andIN THE MATTER OF a decision of M.W. Fung,a magistrate sitting at the Western Magistracy authorising the further detention of the applicant's travelling documents_______

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1. It is one of the proud boasts of our criminal justice system that generally the courts will not deprive a man of his liberty or property without first having given him the opportunity to make representations. Overriding considerations of common sense do, however,require that exceptions be recognized to this general proposition