THE QUEEN v. TOP DOG (HONG KONG) LIMITED

HCMA000137/1996

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

(Appellate Jurisdiction)

MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 137 OF 1996

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BETWEEN
	THE QUEEN	Respondent
	AND
	TOP DOG (HONG KONG) LIMITED	Appellant

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Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court

Date of hearing : 29 February 1996

Date of handing down judgment : 5 March 1996

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J U D G M E N T

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1. This was an appeal against a total fine of $9,000 imposed for operating a food factory without a licence. The fine was one of $2,500 plus a fine of $100 per day for 65 days. This was the second time I had dealt with this Appellant for exactly the same matter. This case simply dealt with another summons taken out subsequently to the last one with which I dealt, and had the original summons included all the days, covered by this summons, during which the Appellant ran the food factory without a licence, then the fine would have been substantially reduced. I therefore allowed the appeal to the extent that I reduced the principal fine to one of $1,000 and the daily fine to $50, making a total of $4,250. The appeal is allowed accordingly.

Representation:

Mr F Veltro, S.C.C., for Crown

Appellant Top Dog (Hong Kong) Limited in person

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	(J.M. Duffy)
	Judge of the High Court