10 Nov 1989
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. WONG KWOK KWONG
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. WONG KWOK KWONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR12/1989
The magistrate erred in law by granting an absolute discharge because s.54A(1A) permitted immediate imprisonment without a DATC report for a person serving more than nine months and the statutory conditions for absolute discharge under s.36 were not met; the appropriate disposal is to substitute a consecutive custodial sentence of six months (after the usual discount) to run after the two‑year sentence already being served.