20 Jan 1993
CHO MING LOK v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES
- Citation
- CHO MING LOK v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV150/1992
The Court held that (1) a joint warrant is a technical defect that does not invalidate committal where identities and offences are properly set out though separate warrants are preferable; (2) the magistrate (and reviewing court) must determine committal by reference to the crimes in the Governor's Order to Proceed and the evidence furnished to the Governor, not by relying on particulars in a foreign indictment; (3) on habeas corpus the High Court must apply the Wednesbury standard and not retry facts; (4) magistrates may not receive evidence of foreign law except in narrow treaty/ political‑…