Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 15 May 1972.
1. The Applicant applies for an Order of Prohibition to issue against “a purported Board of Reference” constituted under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping (Recruitment of Seamen) Ordinance. The application arises out of an attempt by a duly appointed Board of Reference whose order was quashed by an order of certiorari to renew its proceedings.