Judges: Magistrates must provide grounds when ordering cash seizure
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Derek Achong
Magistrates must provide the grounds on which they grant orders to detain cash under the the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and police officers should provide citizens with copies of search warrants when executing them.
The requirements were reiterated by the Appellate Judges Allan Mendonca, Peter Rajkumar and Ronnie Boodoosingh as they upheld the appeal of liquor store owners Primnath and Dhanrajie Geelal over an order, which detained their almost $1 million in local and foreign currency for two years.
Appeal against COVID public health regs fails
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The Court of Appeal has rejected two legal challenges against ongoing public health regulations to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a judgement handed down this morning, Chief Justice Ivor Archie and Appellate Judges Mira Dean-Armorer and James Aboud dismissed an appeal brought by five men who were arrested at Alicia s Guest House on April 9, last year, and charged under the regulations for gathering in a group of more than five.