29 Jun 1979
SIU WING-SHING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- SIU WING-SHING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC516/1979
Section 25 allows only a fine (if special circumstances) or imprisonment (minimum one month) and does not authorize a Detention Centre Order; however section 109A applies to offenders aged over 16 and under 21 so the court must consider alternatives and may suspend sentences where appropriate; accordingly the detention centre order was unlawful and the appropriate sentence was three months imprisonment suspended for two years on the first charge.