30 Jul 2001
THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. NG PO PING (R4)
- Citation
- THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. NG PO PING (R4)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR5/2001
The magistrate erred in principle by treating conviction itself as adequate punishment, by attempting to substitute his own policy for prosecutorial and legislative policy, and by routinely imposing absolute discharges in ordinary shoplifting cases; the sentences were therefore manifestly inadequate. The Court of Appeal allowed the applications for review but, exercising discretion in light of the respondents' repeated attendance and the lessons learned, declined to increase the individual sentences.