12 Dec 1973
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LI YU KAI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LI YU KAI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR17/1973
Subsections (1) and (2) of s.67A are disjunctive; a court has discretion under s.67A(1) to direct commencement but must use that power sparingly and not to deprive an accused of automatic credit under s.67A(2); back-dating is only justified to compensate for additional custody through no fault of the accused and reasons must be given; where sentence was inadequate the appellate court may increase it.