Chung Chi Cheung v R
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | Privy Council |
| Judgment Date | 02 December 1938 |
| Docket Number | Case No. 87 |
| Date | 02 December 1938 |
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...it was not inconsistent with existing statutes or judicial declarations of the apex court, as was the position in Chung Chi Cheung v R [1939] AC 160 (‘Chung’), a proposition previously accepted in Nguyen Tuong Van v Public Prosecutor [2005] 1 SLR(R) 103 (‘Nguyen’) at [94]. Following Chung, ......
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