Applications for habeas corpus

Surabhi Chopra made this Freedom of Information request to All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility

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Dear All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility,

I am writing to make a data access request regarding applications for Habeas Corpus made under Section 22A of the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) by individuals held in immigration detention centres administered by the Immigration Department and Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution administered by the Correctional Services Department. May I know for each of the years between 2017-2021:

A) The number of applications for Habeas Corpus filed

I) Of A) the number of applications heard

II) Of AI) the outcomes of the applications

If a CSV or Excel format is possible, I would greatly appreciate it.

Yours faithfully,

Surabhi Chopra

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All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility

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Dear Dear Sir / Madam,
                Thank you for your application for access to information
on 23.12.2021.  Your application is now under processing.  According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, we will inform you of
the latest progress of the case separately on or before 12.1.2022.  In the
meantime, please contact me at 2825 0346 if you have any enquiry.

Regards,

Ms Rhoda Ng
for Judiciary Administrator

All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility

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Dear Sir / Madam,

                Thank you for your application for access to information
on 23.12.2021.  Further to our interim reply of 31.12.2021, we would like
to set out our reply in the ensuing paragraph.

                The Judiciary Administration does not maintain the
requested statistics.

Regards,

Ms Rhoda Ng
for Judiciary Administrator