27 Oct 1993
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. DO VAN TIEM
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. DO VAN TIEM
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3375/1993
The court exercised its discretion to order detention under s32(4)(b) for a limited period (not exceeding 21 days from 8 October 1993) because the public interest in securing the availability of material witnesses for a major criminal trial and the realistic prospect that they would give evidence within the next 12 weeks outweighed the respondents' interest in immediate repatriation; detention must be limited to a reasonable period necessary to achieve that purpose.
- Detention
- Repatriation
- Witness detention
- Discretion to detain witnesses
- Immigration ordinance s32(4)(b)
- Immigration ordinance s13e