MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS & DIRECTOR OF PRISONS v AUSTIN & HARPER 1986 (1) ZLR 240 (S)
Citation | 1986 (1) ZLR 240 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA & McNally JA |
Heard | 23 June 1986 |
Judgment | 24 June 1986 |
Counsel | S W Mafara for the appellant |
Case Type | Constitutional appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitution — detainee — reasons for detention — Minister must formulate on objective facts — must be supplied to detainee in sufficient particularity to enable him to make representations to review tribunal — failure renders detention invalid — Court's jurisdiction to review not ousted — Schedule 2 s 2(1)(a) 1980 Constitution.
Legislation — Emergency Powers (Maintenance of Law and Order) Regulations 1983, s 17 .
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