Read the full judgment text of CACC 000679/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a conviction under s.10(1)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. As required by s.31 the fiat of the Attorney General was sought, and it was given. I mention this because Mr. Sceats relied upon the necessity for this fiat in support of his interpretation of the word "disproportionate" in the statute. It was his contention that the only matter which the Attorney General was entitled to consider was the sufficiency of the Crown's evidence and he asserted in partic