Reference Re Persons of Japanese Race

Reference Re Persons of Japanese Race
Court	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Full case name	The Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians and another v The Attorney-General of Canada and another
Decided	2 December 1946
Citation	[1946] UKPC 48, [1947] AC 87
Case history
Appealed from	Reference to the Validity of Orders in Council in relation to Persons of Japanese Race, 1946 CanLII 46, [1946] SCR 248 (20 February 1946), Supreme Court (Canada)
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Reference Re Persons of Japanese Race^[1] is a famous decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which upheld a Supreme Court of Canada ruling declaring a government order to deport Canadian citizens of Japanese descent to be valid.