Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001530/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 March 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted by his own plea of two offences : A. Breach of Deportation Order and B. Remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong. He was sentenced respectively to 6 months and 12 months imprisonment concurrent but the sentences were ordered by the magistrate to be suspended for 12 months. At the time of sentence, the magistrate was informed that the appellant had only one previous conviction. Subsequent