Read the full judgment text of HCMA 889/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 November 2005.
1. The appellant Poon Shing Wai was charged before a magistrate with two offences of “Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm” contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 39 of the Offence Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. He pleaded not guilty. The learned magistrate was satisfied that the appellant did the acts which amounted to the said offences and the learned magistrate adjudged that the appellant be committed to a hospital under section 45(1) of the Mental Health Ordinance, C