Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000845/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 September 1996.
1. This is an appeal against the sentence of 15 months' imprisonment which was imposed upon the appellant for remaining in Hong Kong without the permission of the Director of Immigration. There is only one point on this appeal. That is the disparity between the sentence imposed on this appellant and the sentence imposed on another defendant who was caught in identical circumstances in the same case. This other defendant was a 19 year old female. She was sentenced to 9 months' imprisonment. The l