Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000539/1976 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
(1) Application for bail pending appeal should be made in the first instance to the trial magistrate under section 119 of the Magistrates Ordinance. This has the advantage of speed and economy. The application may be made informally and no supporting affidavit is necessary for the magistrate will already be aware of the relevant matters. It has been suggested that a magistrate is unlikely to give a fair hearing to such an application which by its very nature will be critical of his own conduct.