25 Aug 1988
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. KWONG KIN-WING
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. KWONG KIN-WING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA418/1988
The court held that under s98 Cap 227 magistrates do not have power to make a compensation order on its own; such an order must be made in addition to a sentence or other order. Consequently the magistrate erred in making a standalone compensation order and the appellate court quashed that order and substituted an absolute discharge under s36(1)(a) together with an ancillary compensation order under s98 for $2,000.