15 May 1979
HO CHUN WAH v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- HO CHUN WAH v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC383/1979
The court held that section 45(1) permits a magistrate to make a hospital order in the course of trial when the person 'is charged', and therefore the magistrate may lawfully make the hospital order without recording a conviction; accordingly the recorded conviction must be set aside.