HKSAR v. Gurdeep Kaur

HCMA 488/2011

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 488 OF 2011

(ON APPEAL FROM STCC 2866 OF 2011)

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V. Bokhary in Court

Date of Hearing: 28 September 2011

Date of Judgment: 28 September 2011

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J U D G M E N T

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1.The Appellant pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to six charges laid under the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115. Two of the charges were of using a false travel document. Four of the charges were of making a false representation to an Immigration Assistant. The earliest offence was committed on 17 March 1998, while the latest was committed on 10 August 2006. Bearing totality in mind, the Magistrate sentenced the Appellant, a woman in her late 40s with a previous conviction of theft for which she was fined $1,000 on 27 June 1998, to a total of 23 months’ imprisonment. The Appellant now appeals against her sentence, complaining that it is too severe.

2.Having given the case careful consideration, I find no basis on which it would be appropriate to interfere with the sentence appealed against.  The appeal is, according, dismissed.

Appellant in person

Mr Francis Lo, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent