Section 68: Place of origin – Power of Parliament to differentiate—To differentiate
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68. Place of origin – Power of Parliament to differentiate—To differentiate
is not to discriminate, if the classification is based on an intelligible principle
having a reasonable relation to the object which Parliament seeks to attain.
In view of the geographical and administrative differences between Rodrigues and the Island of Mauritius, Parliament may validly enact that cases
tried in Mauritius by 2 Magistrates should be tried in Rodrigues by a single
Magistrate. Police v Rose (1976).