Re Abdul Manan

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE MASTER of THE ROLLS,LORD JUSTICE FENTON ATKINSON,Sir GORDON WILLMER
Judgment Date02 April 1971
Judgment citation (vLex)[1971] EWCA Civ J0402-1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date02 April 1971
In the Matter of an application by Abdul Manan for leave to apply for an order of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum and certiorari
and
In the Matter of an order made by Her Majesty's Home office dated the 24th February, 1971

[1971] EWCA Civ J0402-1

Before

The Master of The Rolls (Lord Denning),

Lord Justice Fenton Atkinson and

Sir Gordon Willmer.

In The Supreme Court of Judicature

Court of Appeal

Appeal of Abdul Manan from order of Divicional Court on 16th March, 1971.

Mr. LOUIS BLOM-COOPER, Q.C., and Mr. BRYAN SINCLAIR (instructed by Messrs. Nicholson Graham & Jones, London agents for Messrs. Windle and Sullivan of Bradford) appeared on behalf of the applicant.

Mr. GORDON SLYNN (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) appeared on behalf of the Respondents, the Governor of the Prison, the Chief Immigration Officer and Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Home affairs.

THE MASTER of THE ROLLS
1

In this case we give leave to appeal.

2

Mr. Abdul Manan has his home in Pakistan. He is now 43 years of age. In 1948 he left Pakistan and became a seaman on board ship. In December 1968 he arrived in the P. & O. steamship "Arcadia" in England. He deserted from that ship. He went to Crawley and stayed with a friend of his there and worked there. Afterwards he went to Bradford and worked there. In 1970 he was given a passport by the Pakistan authorities. He cannot read or write or speak English. He cannot speak any language other than his own local language, known as Pushtu. He says that in January of 1971 be left for Mecca on a pilgrimage. He came back to this country in February 1971 and appeared at Heathrow. The immigration officers spoke to him through an interpreter. At first he told a number of lies, such as that he had been here ten years. But eventually the facts were ascertained, as I have stated them, and the immigration authorities refused him admission. He applied to the Divisional Court and now to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, saying that he is entitled to be here. He says he is a Commonwealth citizen and is "ordinarily resident" here. So that under section 2(2)(a) of the Commonwealth Immigration Acts of 1962 and 1968 the immigration officer has no power to refuse him admission.

3

The point turns on the meaning of "ordinarily resident" in these statutes. If this were an income tax case he would, I expect, beheld to be ordinarily resident here. But it is not an income tax case. It is an immigration...

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