Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000693/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 September 2001.
1. This Appellant appeals against a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment passed on him by Ms J M Livesey in the Magistrate's Court at Tsuen Wan on 18 June this year. That was the total sentence which he received on four charges under the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance, Cap.390, to which he had pleaded guilty. Charges 1 to 3 were of publishing obscene articles contrary to section 21(1)(a). Charge 4 was of possession of an obscene article contrary to section 21(1)(b). All the ar