20 May 1998
CHEUNG LAI WAH v. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Citation
- CHEUNG LAI WAH v. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV203/1997
The Court held that the observations on the legality of the Provisional Legislative Council in HKSAR v David Ma formed part of the ratio decidendi and are binding on this Court; accordingly the PLC had a legal basis and competence (albeit limited) and the Immigration (Amendment) (No.2) Ordinance 1997 and Immigration (Amendment) (No.3) Ordinance 1997 were validly enacted.