Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000239/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 April 1985.
1. On the 11th of February 1985 the appellant was convicted at Western Magistracy of two offences, viz making a false statement for the purpose of procuring a certificate of marriage contrary to Section 34(a) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200 and bigamy contrary to Section 45 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. The particulars of the first offence aver that on the 7th October 1983 the appellant at the City Hall Marriage Registry for the purpose of procuring a certificate of m