Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000190/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 April 1998.
1. On 5th February of this year, the Appellant was convicted on her own pleas of two offences, the first being an offence of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration, contrary to section 38 (1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance, the second being the offence making a false representation to an immigration officer, contrary to section 42 (1)(a) of the same Ordinance. She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on the first charge and three months' on the secon