11 Dec 1986
THE QUEEN v. CHAN CHI MAN
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN CHI MAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR19/1986
Methaqualone is to be regarded on the same scale of seriousness as opium for sentencing purposes; the Court prescribes a tariff in grammes (mirroring opium tariffs and extending higher bands) and, for tablet seizures, adopts a conversion by deeming each tablet to contain 250 mg of methaqualone for sentencing; applying these principles the Court substituted a five year term for the respondent's two year sentence.