22 Jan 1985
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU SHUI
- Citation
- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU SHUI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA757/1984
A document can constitute a 'manifest' for the purposes of the Import and Export Ordinance even if it does not contain every single prescribed particular; omissions or inapplicable particulars do not automatically render cargo 'unmanifested' under section 18 and may instead attract the separate regulatory offence under Regulation 11(5); accordingly the Magistrate was correct to treat the Import Declaration as a (possibly defective) manifest and to dismiss the charge.