CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND ANTI-SMUGGLING OF IMMIGRANTS – CONSTITUTIONAL CLASH: EXAMINING LEGISLATIVE OVERREACH IN EVIDENCE LAW – PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE
This update scrutinizes the constitutionality of Section 61A of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, focusing on whether Parliament violated the separation of powers by defining prima facie evidence, and the judiciary’s role in upholding constitutional integrity.