25 Jan 1985
THE QUEEN v. CHENG MA-CHOI
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHENG MA-CHOI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA20/1985
The magistrate erred in returning the goods because the prior fine was irrelevant, the respondent failed to prove ownership or to show good reason or undue hardship to rebut forfeiture, and the court may consider relevant facts including export conditions; therefore the correct exercise of discretion required forfeiture to the Crown.