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MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS & DIRECTOR OF PRISONS v AUSTIN & HARPER 1986 (1) ZLR 240 (S)

1986 (1) ZLR p240

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
I A Donovan for the respondents

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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