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A-282-79
John Jordon (Applicant)
v.
Minister of Manpower and Immigration (Re- spondent)
Court of Appeal, Pratte and Heald JJ. and Maguire D.J.—Edmonton, November 28, 1979.
Judicial review — Immigration — In circumstances in which Inquiry had been reopened, Adjudicator had a duty not only to inform applicant of possibility that the departure notice would be revoked and replaced by a deportation order, but also to give applicant the opportunity to make representa tions on that point — Adjudicator failed to fulfil this duty and therefore his order cannot stand — Federal Court Act, R.S.C. 1970 (2nd Supp.), c. 10, s. 28.
APPLICATION for judicial review. COUNSEL:
J. Robb for applicant.
R. J. Gilborn for respondent.
SOLICITORS:
Harry Midgley, Edmonton, for applicant. Deputy Attorney General of Canada for respondent.
The following are the reasons for judgment of the Court delivered orally in English by
PRATTE J.: We are all of the view that this section 28 application must succeed.
In the particular circumstances in which the Inquiry had been reopened, the Adjudicator had the duty, in our opinion, not only to inform the applicant of the possibility that the departure notice be revoked and replaced by a deportation order, but also to give the applicant the opportu nity to make representations on that point. This, the Adjudicator failed to do and, for that reason, we think that his order cannot stand.
The deportation order made against the appli cant will therefore be set aside and the matter referred back to the Adjudicator for decision, after a new hearing, of the question whether a departure notice or a deportation order should be issued against the applicant.
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