Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000571/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 July 1997.
1. The Appellant in this case pleaded guilty to one count of remaining in Hong Kong without authority. She was sentenced in May of this year to a term of 15 months' imprisonment. The point which calls for consideration in this appeal is that at the time when she was sentenced she was pregnant. The learned Magistrate in the court below called for a medical report on her condition of pregnancy and according to the report, the expected date of delivery is to be around October of this year.