Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000750/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 September 1985.
1. In this case the crew of a Taiwanese fishing boat pleaded guilty and were convicted of attempting to export 1,188 video cassette records without an export licence in breach of the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60). Thereafter the Commissioner of Customs and Excise applied for the forfeiture of the recorders under section 27 of that Ordinance. Under section 28 of the Ordinance, the recorders are in the particular circumstances subject to discretionary as opposed to mandatory forfeiture.