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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 19th April, 4th May 1962}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid13391190 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Criminal law\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 practice and procedure\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 absence of accused from trial\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 
jurisdiction \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 Customs Ordinance (Cap. 166) ss.101,1\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 16\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 9) ss.155(1), 184, 191, 196.
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no application made at appropriate later stage\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 no application to set aside conviction\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 9) s.196.
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The appellant was charged before a magistrate with two offences \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
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rd disclosing ample evidence to support the conviction on the first count, the neglect by the magistrate to give reasons in his judgment, was not a fatal defect.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
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shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Code . . . contain . . the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision . . .
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Cases referred to: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Willy John }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid16466666 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1956) 23 E\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  509: }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid16466666 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Lute}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 (1934) 1 E\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  106: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Samwiri Senyange }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\insrsid16466666 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (195\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 3) 20 E\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  277.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Appeal from convictions by the Magistrate's Court.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid16466666 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid16466666 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  I. Kapadia\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 for the appellant.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 B. A. Palmer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  for the respondent.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 HAMMETT P.J.: [4th May 1962]\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appellant was convicted by the Magistrate'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s Court sitting at}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Nadi on 6th March, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1962 of the following offences of which the Statements of Offence read:\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 First Count:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Possession of undeclared dutiable goods contrary to section 101 of the Customs Ordinance, Cap. 166.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Second Count:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Failing \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
to truly answer reasonable questions put to him by an officer of customs contrary to section 116 of the Customs Ordinance, Cap. 166.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The sentence imposed by the Court below was as follows: \hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3828880 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "Sentence:\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Count 1 taken into consideration \hich\f0 \emdash 
\loch\f0  fine on Count 2\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 \hich\f0  \'a3\loch\f0 50 or 4 months \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0  1 month to pay.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Grounds of Appeal are as follows: \hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . That the learned Magistrate erred in hearing the case in the absence of Your Petitioner and convicting him.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 2. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 That the learned Magistr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ate ought to have granted an ad}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 journment\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 in the interest of justice having regard to all the circumstances of the case.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 3. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 That the learned trial Magistrate failed to comply with the provisions of Section 155 of the Criminal Procedure Code.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 When the case was called before the Court on 6th Marc\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
h, 1962 the Appellant was not present. Counsel appeared for the Appellant and asked for an adjournment, on the ground that the Appellant was absent due to the illness of his wife. The Court having been informed that the only witness for the prosecution wa
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  going away on 13th March, 1962 ruled that the case must go on and proceeded to hear the only prosecution witness, a Customs Office}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid16466666 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Counsel for the Appellant did not remain to hear the evidence of this witness or to cross examine him but applied fo}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid9055606 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r and \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was granted leave to with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
draw.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The first ground of appeal concerns the question of jurisdiction.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The material part of Section 184 of the Criminal Procedure Code reads as follows:\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Except as otherwise expressly provided, all evidence taken in any . . . \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 trial under this Code sh}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 all be taken in the presence of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the accused . . ."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The material parts of Section 191 of the Criminal Procedure Code read:\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 184 of this Code, if an accused person charged with any offence \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 punishable with imprisonment for a term not exc}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 eeding six months and/or a fine }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
not exceeding fifty pounds does not appear at the time and place appointed in and by the summons ... the court may, ... proceed to hear and determine the case in the absence of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the accused ..."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 \hich\f0 The maximum sentence prescribed for the offence charged in the First Count is a fine of \'a3\loch\f0 
25, and the maximum sentence for the offence}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 \hich\f0 
charged in the Second Count is a fine of \'a3\loch\f0 200.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It is clear therefore that whilst the Court below had ju\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
risdiction to hear the case against the Appellant in his absence on the First Count it had no jurisdiction to hear the case against him in his absence on the Second Count.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The appeal against the conviction on t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he second count must there}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 fore succeed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
second ground of appeal concerns the refusal of the learned trial Magistrate to adjourn the hearing of the case. The record shows that he refused to grant the application for an adjournment because the only witness for the prosecution, a Customs Officer, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
as due to go away within a few days. In these circumstances I consider a Court is perfectly entitled to decline to adjourn the hearing of the whole case. Nevertheless it would have been better if, after hearing the evidence of the witness who was about to
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
go away the Court had entertained a further application to adjourn the hearing so as to enable the Appellant to appear and be heard at a later date. The Appellant was represented by Counsel who did however choose not to make any such application, and in t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ese circumstances it was not unreasonable for the Court below}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to assume that no such adjourn}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ment was sought.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 At no stage either in the Court below or at the hearing of this appeal was it ever suggested by Counsel for the Appellant that there was a bona fi
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 de defence on the merits open to the Appellant. It is also pertinent to refer to Section 196 of the Criminal Procedure Code which reads as follows:\hich\f0 \emdash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin720\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If the court convicts the accused person in his absence, it may set aside such conviction upon being sati\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
sfied that his absence was from causes over which he had no control, and that he had a probable defence on the merits."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri-573\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin-573\lin0\itap0\pararsid6972995 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If the Appellant did have a defence on the merits it was open to him to apply to the Court below to set aside the conviction which had 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 been recorded in his absence and to show that he had a probable}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 defence on the merits. No such application has ever been made and it would therefore appear that he did not have a probable defence on the merits.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In these circumstances I do not consider the\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 re are any merits in the second ground of appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The third ground of appeal concerns the form in which the Court's Judgment was recorded. This was in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid2753387 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  an abbreviated form which mere}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ly found the Appellant guilty and co}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid2753387 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nvicted him on each count, with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 out set\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ting out the Court's reasons for doing so. It is well established that although a judgment should contain the reasons for the decision and should comply with the relevant provisions of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Criminal Proce}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 dure Code, failure to do so is not of it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 self necessar\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ily fatal to a con}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
viction if there is sufficient material on the record to enable the appeal Court to consider the appeal on its merits. See }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Willy John }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Reginam}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1956) 23 E\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  509. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Rex }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Lute}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1934) 1 E\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  106 and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 S. Senyange }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid6972995 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Reginam}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1953) 20 E
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  277.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
In the present case the unchallenged evidence of the only witness for the prosecution showed that the Appellant arrived by air at Nadi Airport on 22nd December, 1961. He was found in possession of certain undeclared dutiable goods shortly aft
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 er he had, to a Customs Officer, falsely declared that he was not in possession of any such articles. There was ample evidence which, if believed\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 and it clearly was believed\hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 
supported the convicti}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 on on the first count. The omis}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
sion of the learned trail Mag\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 istrate to record formally the reasons for his decision and strictly to comply with }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
the provisions of Section 155\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ) of the Criminal Procedure Code was not therefore a fatal defect.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid8875952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 For these reasons the appeal against the conviction on the first count i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s dismissed. The conviction on the second count is however quashed and the sentence passed thereon is set aside.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid1338269\charrsid8875952 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid8875952\charrsid1338269 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Appeal on first count dismissed. Appeal on second count allowed \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0  conviction and sentence set aside.
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