R. v. Shahbaz Hanif

Read the full judgment text of HCMA 1068/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 January 1996.

1. This was an appeal against a total sentence of six months imposed for two offences of making false statements to an Immigration Officer. A reading of the Magistrate's Reasons for Sentence revealed that the Magistrate in fact had imposed concurrent sentences of three months and that these sentences had been wrongly recorded. I therefore allowed the appeal, reducing the sentences to three months on each charge to be served concurrently.

Case No.HCMA 1068/1995
Court
High Court CFI
Date23 Jan 1996
Judge
Case Document
100%Judiciary

HCMA001068/1995

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

(Appellate Jurisdiction)

MAGISTRACY APPEAL
NO. 1068 OF 1995

BETWEEN
THE QUEEN Respondent
AND
SHAHBAZ HANIF alias SHAHBAZ HUSSAIN Appellant

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Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court

Date of hearing : 16 January 1996

Date of handing down judgment : 23 January 1996

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J U D G M E N T

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Duffy, J.:

1. This was an appeal against a total sentence of six months imposed for two offences of making false statements to an Immigration Officer. A reading of the Magistrate's Reasons for Sentence revealed that the Magistrate in fact had imposed concurrent sentences of three months and that these sentences had been wrongly recorded. I therefore allowed the appeal, reducing the sentences to three months on each charge to be served concurrently.

Representation:

Mr K.W. Leung, C.C., for Crown

Mr Michael Poll (D.L.A.) for Appellant

(J.M. Duffy)
Judge of the High Court