Read the full judgment text of CACC 000532/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 November 1968.
1. On the 30th March 1968 a party of Revenue Officers boarded the M.V. "Philippines" on her arrival from Manila. Revenue Inspector Cheng Heung Wah asked the Chief Officer of the ship for the ship's cargo manifest which he said the Chief Officer handed to him. One item on this manifest was described as "7 Tins Tagalog Films for Dubbin" and marked "CONFI". However when the 7 tins so marked were opened, instead of containing the films as described in the manifest each tin was found to contain silve