Tuesday, February 19, 2013

R. v. PAUL T. MSILU (1968) HCD 64

R. v. PAUL T. MSILU (1968) HCD 64


Held: 
There is no authority for ordering awards of corporal punishment to run concurrently. The Corporal Punishment Ordinance, Cap. 17, Sec. 10, provides; “When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more distinct offences, any two or more of which are legally punishable with corporal punishment, only one sentence of corporal punishment may be passed in respect of all the offences.” 
Accordingly, the sentences were set aside and a single sentence of 10 strokes was imposed in respect of all the convictions.

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