Read the full judgment text of CACC 000284/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 5 September 1996.
1. The applicant, Lam Wai, was convicted on 29th April 1996 by Deputy Judge Yuen in the District Court on three charges. First, keeping a vice establishment contrary to s.139(1)(a) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. Second, living on the earnings of a prostitute, contrary to s. 137(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, and third, assisting unauthorised entrants to remain in Hong Kong, contrary to s. 37DA(1) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115. He was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment on each charge, to