Deynzer v Campbell - [1950] NZLR 790

Public Service — Public Service Commission — Powers — Officer of Public Service refusing to answer Question whether he was a Communist — Whether Commission's transferring him from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to Social Security Department ultra vires — Powers of Commission considered — Public Service Act, 1912, ss 12, 12 (1A), 50, 60 — Public Service Amendment Act, 1927, ss 8, 11, 12.

Crown — Prerogative — Statute detracting from Crown's Rights — Residuum of Crown's Rights unaffected.