Read the full judgment text of CACC 239/2002 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 November 2012.
1. There are two applications before us which have been consolidated because they raise the same point, namely, whether a judge sentencing an immigrant or visitor ought to take into account the fact that such a defendant is unlikely to be released under supervision pursuant to the provisions of the Prisoners (Release Under Supervision) Ordinance Cap. 325 (“the Ordinance”), even if statutorily eligible, whereas his Hong Kong permanent resident counterpart does not suffer that practical disadvanta
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