Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000120/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 June 1999.
1. Part VII of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227) relates to appeals from magistrates' courts. Two forms of appeal are provided for: appeals by way of case stated, and appeals under section 113. Although appeals under section 113 appear under the heading "Alternative Procedure", they constitute the vast majority of appeals. Appeals by way of case stated are comparatively rare. This case raises the important question whether someone who has unequivocally pleaded guilty in a magistrates' court m
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