Read the full judgment text of FACC 000016/2004 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment was delivered on 10 March 2005.
1. For the purpose of deterring unmeritorious applications for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal in criminal cases, s. 83W of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap. 221 confers on that court the power to direct that “the time during which an appellant is in custody pending the determination of his appeal” shall not be reckoned as part of the term of the sentence to which the appellant is subject. This power is known as the power to order loss of time. The question arising in these appeals