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Hong Kong Case Law

Misrepresentation to immigration officers
  • 17 Jun 2003

    HKSAR v. LIN PEILUAN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LIN PEILUAN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA373/2003

    The magistrate's adoption of an 18‑month starting point for offences involving false two‑way permits and related misrepresentation was justified by precedent; a one‑third reduction for an early guilty plea was applied yielding 12 months' imprisonment on each count to run concurrently; the appellant's personal circumstances did not amount to sufficient humanitarian grounds to disturb the sentence; therefore the appeal is dismissed.