Read the full judgment text of HCAL 001985/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 September 2000.
1. This is an application for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus. The applicant is in detention as the result of a committal order made by a magistrate pursuant to the provisions of section 10(6)(b) of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, Cap.503 ("the Ordinance"). It is said that the making of that order was unlawful, and that therefore the applicant's detention is unlawful.