Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001031/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 January 1999.
1. This is an appeal against sentence imposed upon the appellant at South Kowloon Magistrates Court on 30th September 1998. For an offence of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place contrary to Section 33(1) of Chapter 245 the appellant was sentenced to a term of 6 months imprisonment and for an offence of remaining in Hong Kong without authority he was sentenced to a term of 15 months imprisonment, those sentences to be served consecutively.