Read the full judgment text of HCMA 436/2013 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 October 2014.
1. The appellant was convicted after trial of one charge of “Behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place”, contrary to s 17B(2) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap 245. He was sentenced to 10 weeks’ imprisonment. His appeal against conviction is dismissed, but appeal against sentence is allowed to the extent that the 10 weeks sentence was ordered to be set aside, and replaced by a sentence of 2 months’ imprisonment. I now give my reasons.
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