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Hong Kong Case Law

Remedies and appeal
  • 4 Oct 1979

    RE FONG PING SUM

    Citation
    RE FONG PING SUM
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP495/1979

    The convictions were quashed because the applicant had pleaded guilty under a genuine misapprehension as to the true position and should not be bound by those pleas; although the information on its face disclosed an offence, the invalid plea warranted quashing and remitting the informations for fresh hearing; certiorari was granted despite being a last resort because the applicant showed a genuine case.