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Arbitrary interference with privacy
  • 8 Aug 1991

    RE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL REINER JACOBI

    Citation
    RE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL REINER JACOBI
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCMP975/1991

    Sections 20 and 21 satisfy the threefold requirements adopted from Canadian jurisprudence (prior authorization, a judicial decision-maker capable of acting judicially, and establishment on oath of reasonable grounds that the material is likely to yield evidence), and therefore the statutory production orders and search warrant do not constitute arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy under Article 14 of the Bill of Rights; accordingly the production orders and search warrant were properly issued on the evidence presented.