Director of Public Prosecutions of Jamaica v Mollison (No. 2)

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Type: Case

Citation: [2003] UKPC 6; [2003] 2 WLR 1160, PC

Summary: Juvenile convicted of murder sentenced in accordance with statutory provision to be detained during Governor General’s pleasure — Provision infringed principle of separation of powers by giving Governor General as officer of executive power to determine measure of an offender’s punishment — Constitution empowered court to modify existing laws to bring them into conformity with Constitution and so provision modified to provide for detention at court’s pleasure

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Jamaica

Date 2003

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Constitutional Modification, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, Separation of Powers

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Start date: 01-Jan-2003

End date: 31-Dec-2003

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File Location: T13

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