Read the full judgment text of CACC 000240/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was charged under section 4 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134) with trafficking in a dangerous drug, cannabis. During the course of the trial the prosecution had to concede that the drugs were "in transit" as defined in section 2 of the Ordinance. Section 4(4) of the Ordinance provides that the section does not apply to a dangerous drug which is "in transit." It followed that the appellant could not be convicted under section 4, the section under which he had been charg