NGARU v CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER & ANOR 2004 (1) ZLR 501 (S)
Citation | 2004 (1) ZLR 501 (S) |
Case No | Judgment No. S-26-04 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Chidyausiku CJ, Sandura JA, Ziyambi JA, Malaba JA and Gwaunza JA |
Heard | 9 March 2004 |
Judgment | 3 June 2004 |
Counsel | G Mitha-Valla, for the applicant |
Case Type | Constitutional application |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 18 — right to protection of the law — s 18(12) — hearing to be in public — issue of Ministerial certificate that disclosure of any matter not in public interest — duty of court to make provision for disclosure in camera — Minister declining to disclose reasons for declaring person to be prohibited immigrant — Minister's certificate not a bar to disclosure of reasons to the court
Immigration — declaration by Minister that person is a prohibited immigrant — reasons for declaration — certificate by Minister under s 22(2) of Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02] that it is not in public interest to disclose reasons — conflict with s 18(12) of Constitution — reasons to be disclosed in camera to the court
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