29 Dec 1980
HO MAN CHAW v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- HO MAN CHAW v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC963/1980
The conviction was unsafe because the magistrate failed to give the appellant an opportunity to explain material discrepancies between prior ICAC statements and his sworn evidence on the critical issue whether the donor was a close personal friend under Regulation 7(2)(d); that procedural omission warranted quashing the conviction and ordering a retrial.