18 Jul 2008
X v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- X v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL60/2008
Committal proceedings constitute a 'hearing' rather than a 'hearing and determination'; section 3C(1) vests jurisdiction over hearings involving juveniles exclusively in juvenile courts (subject to section 3C(2)), and section 3A(4) imports the Magistrates Ordinance powers into juvenile courts; therefore a juvenile court (a permanent magistrate sitting as such) has jurisdiction to conduct committal proceedings in respect of a juvenile charged with homicide.