23 Dec 2014
KEEN LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS v. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KEEN LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS v. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL113/2012
Court implied a reasonable time limit for execution of warrants where statute is silent and held that most warrants executed months after issue had lapsed; section 21(1) IEO is unconstitutional to the extent it allows warrantless entry/search of immobile premises without limiting the power to situations where obtaining a warrant is impracticable; warrants 3,4,9 (IEO) were voidly issued and quashed; warrants 1,2,5,8,10,11,12,13,14,16 lapsed by delay and are quashed; warrants 6,7,15 (OSCO) were valid and seizures under them lawful; provision of seized IEO material to Mainland Customs was unlawf…