10 Aug 1988
THE QUEEN v. CHAN SHU SANG
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN SHU SANG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA494/1988
The Court confirmed that 15 months' imprisonment is the appropriate baseline guideline for most offences under s38(1) but held that where executive policy and practice had reasonably led first‑time offenders to expect non‑enforcement, that fact is a proper mitigating factor permitting significant reduction of sentence; repeat offenders with recent convictions receive no mitigation and higher sentences are upheld.