Read the full judgment text of CACV 102/2005 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 November 2005.
1. On 22 July 2005, we handed down judgment allowing an appeal in favour of the Respondent (the Secretary for Justice) in which, essentially, it was decided that a magistrate did not have the jurisdiction to determine an autrefois (whether acquit or convict and whether classic or extended) plea in committal proceedings under Part III of the Magistrates Ordinance, Cap.227. The appeal had been from a decision of the Court of First Instance granting an order of mandamus requiring a magistrate in c
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