Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000494/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 August 1988.
1. These nine appeals are from sentences imposed by two Magistrates for offences contrary to Section 38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance Cap. 115 ("the Ordinance"), that is remaining in Hong Kong without authority after having unlawfully landed here. Section 38(1)(a) makes it an offence to land in Hong Kong without appropriate permission. The appeals have been reserved to this Court under Section 118(1)(d) of the Magistrates Ordinance Cap. 227 in order that this Court may consider giving fresh