30 Aug 1988
THE QUEEN v. WONG HOI CHIANG
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. WONG HOI CHIANG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA642/1988
Where a guideline fine (40% of value) would be outside the offender's means due to proven financial collapse and inability to pay, the court must reduce the fine to a level the offender can realistically pay; in this case the fines were reduced to $5,000 on each charge with six months to pay.