20 Jan 2012
HKSAR v. GUAN CUIZHEN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. GUAN CUIZHEN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA360/2011
The Court reaffirmed the established tariff that possession of a forged identity card by an illegal immigrant ordinarily attracts a 15-month sentence and that unlawfully remaining should attract 15 months as baseline with enhancement to 18 months where there are prior similar convictions; sentences for forged ID and unlawful presence are to run concurrently absent exceptional features, but limited consecutive months may be ordered for distinct offending and prior breaches; s83I(2) requires the court to treat an appeal against one sentence as an appeal against all sentences in the same proceed…