Read the full judgment text of CACC 000199/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 September 1996.
1. The applicant seeks leave to appeal against its convictions for two offences of permitting substances to be loaded on a ship for dumping in the sea contrary to s1(1)(d) and 1(6) of Schedule I of the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 (Overseas Territories) Order 1975. Both offences were alleged to have occurred on 16 January 1995 which date preceded the coming into effect of a Hong Kong Ordinance enacting similar provisions to the English legislation. The applicants were fined $180,000 on the 1st offenc