6 Mar 1969
CHAN SHUI v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAN SHUI v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC7/1969
The court held that a charge alleging possession of traces of a dangerous drug is competent in Hong Kong and that the original sentence of 4 months was legally inadequate given the appellant's prior convictions and the objective of providing a custodial term likely to permit treatment; the appeal was allowed and sentence substituted so as to permit immediate release with a warning that further conviction could lead to detention and treatment under s.4 of the 1968 Ordinance.