28 Jun 2006
HKSAR v. ZHANG DAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. ZHANG DAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA442/2006
The appropriate starting point after trial for possession of an altered China two‑way permit was 12 months imprisonment; applying the mandatory one‑third reduction for the guilty plea produced an effective sentence of 8 months, so the Court allowed the appeal and reduced the sentence from 12 months to 8 months while leaving the concurrent 3‑day sentence undisturbed. The Court distinguished forged identity card cases by reference to different statutory maxima and the absence here of identity concealment.