Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001272/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 April 1991.
1. The appellant appeared in the Magistrate's Court on 8th August 1990 charged with the offence of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong, an offence contrary to s.38(1) (b), of the Immigration Ordinance. The record of what happened reads as follows: