The State (Burke) v Lennon and Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 15 December 1940 |
| Date | 15 December 1940 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
Warrant under hand of Minister - Validity of warrant -Proclamation condition precedent to issue of warrant - No statement in warrant that proclamation was made and published - Jurisdiction of the Minister to issue warrant - Whether Minister "satisfied" that conditions precedent fulfilled -Whether Minister acting judicially or ministerially - Legality of internment - Whether statutory power to order internment is repugnant to the Constitution - Order of High Court for release of prisoner - No right of appeal to Supreme Court against order of release - Constitution of 1937, Arts. 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 - Offences Against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), ss. 2, 12, 35, 54 and55
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Art. 40, clause 4, of the Constitution provides:—"1—No citizen shall be deprived of his personal liberty save in accordance with law. 2—Upon complaint being made by or on behalf of any person that he is being unlawfully...
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