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Hong Kong Case Law

Transit offences

  • 17 May 1991

    THE QUEEN v. AHMED PARVES

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. AHMED PARVES
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA181/1991

    The sentence of 18 months was excessive for a one-off transit offence by a 22-year-old with no previous convictions who possessed a valid Pakistani passport and used the forged document on a single occasion; precedents establishing 18 months related to more serious and repeated conduct, and therefore the appropriate sentence for this least serious category is reduced to nine months imprisonment.

  • 12 May 1983

    THE QUEEN v. EDWIN OTHO WHITE

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. EDWIN OTHO WHITE
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC335/1983

    Given the applicant's admitted guilt, the physical harm suffered, his disability and the short remaining term to serve the Court exercised exceptional mercy, granted leave out of time and substituted the existing two-year sentence to permit immediate release while affirming that transit offences are committed on landing and require deterrent sentences.