19 Mar 1993
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU CHUNG-MING
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU CHUNG-MING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA553/1992
After amendment to s.171(1) of the Immigration Ordinance the correct legal approach requires treating offences of employing a known illegal entrant with a 15‑month starting point (for a single employee) and magistrates erred in imposing only monetary penalties; the magistrate's sentence was quashed and replaced by immediate imprisonment of five months, and the magistrate lacked power to order compensation.