14 Mar 1978
CHAU MEI v. GERALD ARTHUR HARKNETT, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION
- Citation
- CHAU MEI v. GERALD ARTHUR HARKNETT, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2188/1977
The notices were ultra vires and unenforceable because they demanded more than the Commissioner was lawfully entitled to require by omitting an express or clear limitation that the recipient need only furnish information insofar as it was in his possession; that technical defect invalidated the notices and entitled the plaintiffs to declarations and costs.