15 Mar 2005
YEUNG CHUN PONG AND OTHERS v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- YEUNG CHUN PONG AND OTHERS v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL22/2005
A committing magistrate in domestic committal proceedings has jurisdiction to consider a plea of autrefois acquit as part of his implied power to prevent abuse of process; the magistrate in the Eastern Magistracy wrongly declined jurisdiction and must consider the autrefois pleas of Yeung, Tse May Wah and Chik, while Tse Kwai Ching lacks locus and her application is dismissed.