In re Chow Goo Pooi

By permission of my associates, I proceed to deliver the opinion of the court on the questions that were argued and submitted on last Saturday. The principal questions which are presented for our determination are probably the most important that can arise under this law. On the solution to be given to them will depend, not merely the mode of procedure to be adopted, but whether the terms of the law are such that its obvious object can be carried into practical effect. But, before proceeding to discuss them, there are some preliminary questions that have been raised which, though their…