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constitutional
then
importance
requested
rights
of the
accused.
to refer the issue
Counsel
to the High
Court
so referred.
to ascertain from the said report how the Attorney
be
to
came
thereafter
the
in
a party
in
proceedings
the
High
assistance
I do not find that authority to be of much
As such
Court.
and it was
I am unable
General
the
the trial Magistrate
for determination,
However,
affecting
to
the State, let alone to me.
As rightly pointed out by Counsel for the 1st Applicant, the FUNJIKA case
of a constitutional case or
does not deal with the mode of commencement
the procedure
to be followed when
a matter is referred to the High Court
for determination of a constitutional question.
In response to the issue raised by the State, Counsel for the 1st Applicant
pursuant
persons
the
that
submitted
to Article
other
than
28
Article
(2).
those
competently
was
matter
appearing
before
a
Court
High
for applications
(1) provides
28
the
before
Subordinate
Court.
by
The
distinction is, indeed, apparent when one reads the two clauses of Article
28.
Therefore,
application,
such
the
as
Applicants
by way
were
not
of petition,
required
for them
to
make
to be
a
heard
grievanice.
The relevant part of Article 28(1) of the Constitution provides:
separate
on
their