8 Jan 2021
MARIA CHIN ABDULLAH 1.KETUA PENGARAH IMIGRESEN 2.MENTERI DALAM NEGERI
- Citation
- 01(f)-5-03/2019(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 01(f)-5-03/2019(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Sections 59 and 59A of the Immigration Act are constitutionally valid as enacted under Article 121(1); Parliament can limit scope of judicial review to procedural compliance if it does so with clear language. However the Director General’s power to impose a travel ban is not unfettered; on the facts the impugned blacklist/travel ban was imposed without lawful basis and contrary to applicable passport/endorsement procedure and thus invalid as exercised in this case. The appeal is allowed in part: declaration that respondents do not have unfettered discretion; no order as to costs.