Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000085/1991 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 September 1991.
1. The appellant was convicted of remaining in Hong Kong without the consent of the Director of Immigration and also on second charge that at the time of his arrest he was in possession of a paper cutter. The sentences imposed of 15 months for the illegal remaining and 2 months consecutive for the possession of the paper cutter were, on the facts before the magistrate, perfectly proper. The magistrate explicitly found that his explanation for the possession of the paper cutter was not convincing