Tan Ah Tee and Another v Public Prosecutor

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date10 October 1979
Date10 October 1979
Docket NumberCriminal Appeal No 12
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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    ...Bin Kamari [1992] SGHC 24; Public Prosecutor v Chan Kim Choi [1988] 2 SLR(R) 611 at [40];Tan Ah Tee and anor v Public Prosecutor [1979-1980] SLR(R) 311 at [15]; Govindasamy N v Public Prosecutor [1974-1976]SLR(R) 654 at [22] to [24]; and Vijayan v Public Prosecutor [1974-1976] SLR(R) 373 at......
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    ...the sentence of imprisonment reduced from six months to one month. 65 R v Warner [1969] 2 AC 256. 66 Tan Ah Tee v Public Prosecutor [1979-1980] SLR(R) 311. 67 Tan Kiam Peng v Public Prosecutor [2008] 1 SLR(R) 1 at [129]. 68 In situations where the accused knows that the package contains dru......

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