Comptroller of Customs v Basma (4 of 1936) [1936] SLSC 3 (4 August 1936)


Criminal Law - absolute liability - Folded Woven Goods Ordinance,
1933, s.2 creates offence of absolute liability - proof of intention to
comply with Ordinance mitigates sentence: The prohibition against
importing folded woven goods unless folded and stamped according to
the provisions of the Folded Woven Goods Ordinance, 1933, s.2 is
absolute; but evidence that, when ordering the goods, the accused
warned the firm supplying the goods from overseas of the relevant terms
of the Ordinance may be used in mitigation of sentence.

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