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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FIJI
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid3215483 (WESTERN DIVISION)}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid3215483 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid3215483 AT LAUTOKA
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid3215483 Appellate Jurisdiction}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid3215483 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 pea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483 l No.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7814376  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
11 of 1977
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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid3215483 WAKE
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid7814376 s/o Megh Narayan
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\par Mr. A. Kuver, Counsel for the Respondent
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 This is an appeal against the refusal of the Magistrate at Sigatoka to make an affiliation order in favour of the appellant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 It is a matter f
or remark that the complaint was filed as long ago as 13th January 1975. That is over three years ago, and the fact that there were no fewer than eighteen adjournments before the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 matter came to hearing on 22nd April 1977 reflects no credit upon the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12739144\charrsid2039546 Solicitors}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  concerned or upon the various }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483 M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 agistrates who have }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid2039546 been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483 responsible}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  for the Sigatoka Court.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid14178060 The child in respect of which the affiliation order is sought, was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid14178060  b}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid14178060 orn on 9th May 1974, and if the normal order was followed, and there is no evidence that it was not, sexual intercourse might have been}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid14178060  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid14178060 expected to have taken place some 275 or 280 days earlier. That}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid14178060  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid14178060 ould be early in August 1973. The complainant said that
 she had been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid14178060 ntimate with the respondent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  for some}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7814376  time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  and he admitted that he had }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 exual relations with her as far back }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 as}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  1971 and also in 1972. He}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060  a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
dmitted intercourse with her on 3rd August 1973 at Nadi, and again in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060  S}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 eptember and possibly in Octobe
r. He also admitted that he had sex }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14178060 w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 ith the complainant after her child was born, and in December 1973}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483  he sent her a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 gift cheque for $5.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3215483\charrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 There is no doubt that the admission of the respondent }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
hat he had intercourse with the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 complainant at or near the relevant }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 ti}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 me constituted corroboration of the girl's story, and that there w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 as suf}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 e Magistrate, had he seen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8740764  fit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8740764  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 to make an order. S}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 ee }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894\charrsid7801005 S}{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7801005 impson v C}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894\charrsid7801005 ollinson}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid13059894  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 (1964) 1 AER 262.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 However, the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 earned Magistrate formed an unfavourable o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894 pinion}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 of the complainant's veracity and he found that she was promiscuous and he declined to make an order. The complainant in her appeal alleges that evidence was received by the Magistrate which was in fact inad
missible, and which she says was weighed against her. It becomes, then, necessary to examine the evidence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13059894\charrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 I will start with the evidence on behalf of the respondent. The record give}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4784384 s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  me the impression that the respondent himself was for the most part truthful. His evidence was supported by that of Bala Krishna, Jagdishwar Sharma, Sanjeu Reddy, and Randhir Singh. Ba}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14969876 l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 a Krishna testified that on 3rd August 1973 he went with three other m
en and the complainant to Nadi and that there he saw the complainant lying on the ground with one of the men apparently having sexual intercourse with him. That would be about 11.30 p.m.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886  A}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 lthough counsel for the respondent cross-examined the complainant ab
out the journey from Sigatoka to which Bala Krishna testifies, no question was put to her about this alleged sexual intercourse. In these circumstance}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886 s }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 Ba}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886 l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 Krishna's evidence was quite un}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886 worthy}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 of credence. Then Jagdishwar Sharma testified that on Sunday night 5th August 1973 he slept with}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 the complainant. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7289629 Here again, it was not suggested to her that she had intercourse with Jagdishwar at Nadi, although it do}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886\charrsid7289629 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7289629 s seem to have been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5978886\charrsid7289629 p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7289629 u
t to her generally as to whether she had intercourse with anyone else save respondent, and she}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167\charrsid7289629  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7289629 
admitted having relations with Jagdishwar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 after her child was born. This allegation of se}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167 xual }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 relations with}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167  J}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 agdishwar in Nadi should have been put to her fairly and squarely.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167  S}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 he was not cross-examined at all about the fact that she was alleged }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167 t}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 o have slept with Jagdishwar on the Sunday night, and that respondent }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167 s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 aw them in the same bed. In this connection I refer to the words of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12994167 Lord Herschell L.C. in }{
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{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  truth on a particular point to direct his attention to the fact by some questions put in cross-examination showing that that imputation is }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7289629 intended to be made and not to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
take his evidence and pass it by as a matter altogether unchallenged, and then when it is impossible for him to explain, as if such questions had been put to him,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552  the circumstances which it is }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 suggested indicate that the story he tells ought not to be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7289629  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
believed, to argue that he is a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552 witness}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  unworthy of credit. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 My }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552 Lords}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552  I have always understood that}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  if you intend to impeach a witness you are bound whilst he i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 in the box, to give him an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7289629  op}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 portunity of making any e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359 
xplanation which is open to him;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7289629  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 as }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 it seems to me, that is not only a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid608552 ru}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
le of professional practice in the conduct of a case, but is essential to fair play and fair dealing with witnesses."
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\par Then there was Sanjeu Reddy. The only r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359 elevant evidence which he gave}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 - }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
and it had been put to and denied by the complainant - was that she told him that Jagdishwar was the father of the child. Unfortunately he was allowed to give irrelevant and highly prejudic
ial evidence to the effect that he had often had intercourse with her starting from about 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941671 971}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 and as recently as two or three months before the hearing of the complaint and that he had seen another person with her in the sugar cane, the inference being th
at she was having sex with that person. None of this was put to the complainant. The relevant evidence was that about four months after the child was born she said that it was Jagdishwar's child. A month later she said that it was respondent's. Her}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941671  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 complaint, alleging t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941671 hat}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 it was respondent's child was made eight months after the child's birth. The learned magistrate made no finding at all on this highly important piece of evidence. Randhir Singh gave evidence about having seen the complainant having sex wi
th one Munendra. This again was not put to the complainant. This evidence and that of Sanjeu}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941671  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 Reddy was quite inadmissible. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359\charrsid4478823 S}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359\charrsid2039546 ee}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7801005 R v }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid7801005 R}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7801005 ibbons}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  (1862)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
 IX Cox C.C. 105. The law on this subject is summed up by a short passage in 4 Hals. Volume 1 paragraph 633 wh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
re the learned author says}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823  -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid2039546 
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"In cross-examination the mother may be questioned as to her connection with other men but her answer may not}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359  contradicted (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4478823 (}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359 see }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359\charrsid7801005 R v Gibbons}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359\charrsid4478823  }{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7801005 (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359\charrsid7801005 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid7801005 862}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid4478823 )}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  cit supra), except}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359 where it is sought to she}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 w that another man might be the father of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704 
the child see }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid7801005 Garbutt v Simpson}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7603359 (}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 1863) 32 L.J.M.C. 186."}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 The question which I have to consider is whether the Magistrate by accepting }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid12739144 all this irrelevant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448  and i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 nadmissible evidence has disqua}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 lified himself from con
sidering what is really the o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 nly germane question, whether Jagdishwar might be the father}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448  of the child. Here it is of the utm}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 ost importance that the responde}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 nt's case on this subject should have been put to complainant. It was not, and in m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 y view the evidence of Jagdishwar should not have bee}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 n received, much less accepted.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid11485448  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 If I were to deal with the matte}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 r simply on}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448  this basis, I would allow the appeal and make an order in favour of the complainant.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid11485448 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 However, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 although the tri}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 al is manifestly unsatisfactory i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 n the matters to which I have alluded, and although the complainant's e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1382704\charrsid11485448 v}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid11485448 idence cannot be properly assessed until the allegations of the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7814376  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 
August week-end are put to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  her in some particularity, I have come to the conclusion that the Magistrate'}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 
s rejection of the picture she p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 ainted that the respondent alone had sexual relations with her around the period of the child's conception necessitates a fresh hearing.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 For that reason I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546  take the view that this matter should b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 
e remitted to the Magistrates' C}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 ourt for rehearin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12533673 g, and in view of the learned Ma}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
gistrate's findings against the character of the complainant, the hearing should be before another Magistrate. I would also express the hope that the hearing should take place a great deal more speedily 
than the last. A great deal of the evidence to which I have referred as inadmissible should have been objected to by counsel for the complainant, and for that reason ther}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12739144 
e will be no order as to costs.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
\par 
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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid12739144 ) K.A. Stuart
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12739144\charrsid12739144 JUDGE}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12739144 
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2039546 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12739144 LAUTOKA}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 ,}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7814376 3rd February, 1978.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2039546\charrsid2039546 
\par }}