20 Jul 1988
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHONG YUEN WAH
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHONG YUEN WAH
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1050/1987
Where an offence is indictable and not being dealt with summarily the magistrate had no power under section 20 (a provision in the Part of the Ordinance dealing with summary offences) to order costs on adjournment; accordingly the costs order in favour of To Fuk Ming quashed. Separately, where a charge is a summary offence (unlawful pawning) the magistrate could have validly ordered costs under section 20, and the costs order in respect of Chong Yuen Wah is valid insofar as it relates to that summary charge.