THE QUEEN
WONG LAI
Ms M.A. Crabtree, D.P.C.C
Mr Jerome Matthews (Paul Kwong & Co.)
HCMA 934/1995
HCMA000934/1995
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
(Appellate Jurisdiction)
MAGISTRACY APPEAL No.934 of 1995
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Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court
Dates of hearing : 12 and 19 January 1996
Date of handing down judgment : 24 January 1996
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J U D G M E N T
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for having made or caused to be made in a document furnished to an Immigration Officer a statement which the appellant knew to be false. The single point on the appeal was that the charge itself was defective in that it failed to include the words "pursuant to the Immigration Ordinance or the requirement made thereunder". This aspect of the offence was therefore never considered by the learned Magistrate. The Crown conceded the appeal on this point. I therefore allowed the appeal.
2. However, as this is an important and serious matter, I ordered a retrial.
Representation:
Ms M.A. Crabtree, D.P.C.C., for Crown
Mr Jerome Matthews (Paul Kwong & Co.) for Appellant