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Hong Kong Case Law

Service of indictment/charge
  • 30 Jun 2015

    DARRYL PENRICE v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

    Citation
    DARRYL PENRICE v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCZZ39/2015

    Detention was lawful because the applicant was lawfully arrested and remanded by magistrates and judges; the CPO provisions cited by the applicant govern indictable offences in the Court of First Instance and do not apply to his Magistrates' Court proceedings; a charge sheet had been served equivalent to an indictment and entry of not guilty under s51(1)(c) was appropriate; detention of approximately three months until trial was not unreasonably long; habeas corpus was therefore not available or appropriate.