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Hong Kong Case Law

Over-stayer
  • 30 Apr 2008

    HKSAR v. LAM CHOR KAI

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LAM CHOR KAI
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA1222/2007

    The appellate court accepted the Chinese two-way permit as sufficiently reliable evidence that the appellant entered lawfully in 2003 and was an over-stayer; the guilty plea remained valid; applying the sentencing guidelines for over-stayers the court reduced the sentence for unlawful remaining from 15 months to 9 months and dismissed the challenge to the conviction.