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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3425404 113 OF 2004L}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814\charrsid3425404 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3425404 Mr. I. Khan for the Applicant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The applicant has applied by Notice of Motion filed on 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  September 2004 for an order that Criminal Case No. 853 of 1999 in the Magistrates Court at Lautoka be stayed.
\par 
\par The Notice of Motion is supported by an affidavit of the applicant sworn on}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 4}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  September 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The application is made to this court pursuant to the provisions of section 41 of the Constitution.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 It being alleged there is a breach of section 29 of the Constitution.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814 
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The history of the matter appears from the affidavit that on 8}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  October 1999, the applicant was charged with the offence of act with intent to cause grievous harm, contrary to section 224 of the Penal Code.
\par 
\par The matter was then called at Lautoka Magistrates Court on 13}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  October 1999 and adjourned to the 7}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  February 2000.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 On that day, it was adjourned to the 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
 August 2000 as disclosures had not been served.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 On the 7}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  August 2000, the matter was adjourned to the 16}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  November 2000 for hearing and on that day, the matter was adjourned to the 5}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  February 2001.
\par 
\par On the 5}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
 February 2001, there was no appearance of witnesses for the prosecution and the matter was ultimately adjourned to the 24}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  May 2001 for hearing.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 On that day, t
he complainant was not present and a bench warrant was issued.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The matter was then adjourned to the 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  June 2001 when it was dealt with by the Learned Magistrate.
\par 
\par The delay in the Magistrates Court at that time appears to have been from the 8}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  October 1999 until 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  June 2001.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
A delay which appears on the face of it to be quite unjustified and probably serves to highlight the propensity of magistrates in particular to adjourn matters, perhaps a little too willingly.
\par 
\par On the 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  June 2001, an appeal was i
nstigated and that appeal came on for hearing before the High Court at Lautoka on the 8}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
 November 2002, almost 18 months later.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Judgment was given on that appeal on the 6}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  December 2002, following which the matter was remitted to the Magistrates Court at
 Lautoka for rehearing before another magistrate.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814 
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The matter then appears to have lurched along in the Magistrates Court until such time as it has been set for hearing on 17}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  September 2004, a further}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 18 months delay from the time which the appeal was determined.
\par 
\par The matter is now almost 5 years old and is on this basis that I consider the application.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par 
\par I have been referred to various authorities by counsel for the accused, with respect to the issue of delay and the granting of a permanent stay, perhaps the most relevant of those authorities is the decision of the Fiji Court of Appeal in }{
\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Apaitia Seru and Anthony Frederick Stevens v The State}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  \endash  Crim. Appeal No. AAU0041 of 1999}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 S and }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Crim. Appeal No. AAU0042 of 1999S.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 

\par 
\par The Court of Appeal in that case considered the law as it is in this country.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par 
\par The Court of Appeal considered the provisions of section 29(1) and 29(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji Islands and in considering those provisions, the court looked to a leading decision in the Supreme Court of Canada in }{
\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 R v Morin}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  [1992] C.R. (4}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 th}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 )}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  where similar constitutional provisions existed as those that exist in Fiji.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 That decision and the relevant provisions that come from it were considered by me in the }{
\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 State v Ajipote Koroi and Peniasi Lee}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  \endash  }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5595373 C
rim. Appeal No. HAC0}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 003 of 1999L.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par 
\par In determining the application, it is necessary to look at the following issues:
\par 
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The length of delay as I have said is almost 5 years.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 It is inevitable that there would be some delay in criminal trials o
f this nature but it would seem that a delay of that magnitude is certainly a delay that should in all the circumstances be considered to be unreasonable.
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\par 
\par Whilst in the chronology that I have detailed earlier, I have not specifically dealt with the waiver of time periods by the applicant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 As the bulk of the delay appeared clearly to be without reason and as a result of court delays and perhaps systemic delays which leads to the next consideration.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 (3)\tab }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Reason for the Delay
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Whilst it is clear that in recent times, there has been some delay as to the availability of counsel for the accused/applicant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 That does not appear to be significant when one looks at the totality of the 5 year period from the time the applicant first appeared before the Magistrates Court.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 (4)\tab }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Limited Resources}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid5595373 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 The resources as identified by Mr. Justice Govind in }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 State v Armugam & Ors}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5595373  \endash  HAC}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 0013 of 1998L}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814  are in any country limited.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 He also there identified that this is more so in less prosperous country such 
as Fiji, in comparison to the more affluent countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the USA but as His Lordship there said and I quote:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0\pararsid3890814 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 \'93
However limited resources cannot be allowed to stand in the way of securing to the citizen a right that is entrenched in the Constitution.}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Thus there is a constitutional duty on the State to ensure that sufficient resources are made available so that trials can take place within a reasonable time.\'94
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3890814 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par }\pard\plain \s22\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3890814 \f1\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
In this regard, the delays at this court are well known.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 However, it
 is probably appropriate to make comment on the delays that seem to be occasioned as a result of judicial inaction from time to time and there is in my opinion, a need for judicial officers in all courts to grant adjournments sparingly to avoid unnecessar
y delays arising.
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3890814 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 (5)\tab }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Prejudice to the Accused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 

\par 
\par The applicant, in the affidavit in support of the application, says that witnesses that were present at the scene of the incident cannot be located and that this will cause prejudice to his case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 He will not be able to prepare his defence and that he will be therefore be denied a fair trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Two of the witnesses are named and its said that they have migrated to New Zealand and that their evidence is re-crucial to the case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814 
 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Clearly, there may well be prejudiced to the applicant in this matter.
\par 
\par The Court of Appeal in }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Seru,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
 however indicated that prejudice is not essential, that delay is sufficient to result in it not being a fair trial and that mere delay is sufficient to cause a stay to be granted by virtue of section 29(3) of the Constitution.
\par 
\par By virtue of the decision of the Court of Appeal in }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 Seru,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid3890814 
 applying the principles that are therein addressed, I am of the opinion that the stay sought in the motion with respect to the accused must be granted and accordi
ngly, I order that the trial with respect to the accused be stayed and that the accused be discharged.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3890814 
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5595373 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid5595373 JOHN CONNORS
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid5595373 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3890814 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5460950\charrsid5595373 
\par At Lautoka
\par 15 September 2004
\par }}