Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000576/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 July 2001.
1. The Appellant in this case was charged with two charges before the learned Magistrate. The first charge was one of possession of a forged identity card and the second charge was for overstaying since 26 April 2001 to the date of his arrest. The Defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and he was represented by a lawyer from the duty lawyer scheme. After hearing mitigation, the learned Magistrate then sentenced the Appellant to a term of 18 months' imprisonment on Charge 1 and 7 days' imprison