Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000223/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 March 2007.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Magistracy of one charge, in that having landed in Hong Kong unlawfully she remained in Hong Kong, without the authority of the Director of Immigration, such offence being contrary to section 38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance. The Appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 months and now appeals against that sentence on the grounds that it was too severe.