Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000323/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty before Mr. Maharaj in the Western Magistracy to an offence brought under Section 41 of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, namely, overstaying. (The facts are relatively straightforward.) The appeallant surrendered herself to the authorities having overstayed in Hong Kong for over two months, though it is not clear why she did overstay. In November last year she had been convicted of a similar offence and given a suspended sentence of one month, In his statement