Publication Type
Case note/Digest
Publication
Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon)
Publication Date
1-2021
Abstract
In Han Fang Guan v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGCA 11, the Court of Appeal (“CA”) clarified the law regarding “impossible attempts”, which are attempts to commit an offence that could not possibly have been consummated in the circumstances. The accused Han Fang Guan (“Han”) was charged with the capital charge of attempting to possess one bundle containing not less than 18.62g of diamorphine (also known as heroin) for the purpose of drug trafficking, an offence under section 5(1)(a) read with section 5(2) and section 12 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185, 2008 Rev Ed) (“MDA”).
Disciplines
Asian Studies | Courts | Food and Drug Law
ISSN/ISBN
2737-5048
Publisher
SMU Lexicon, SMU School of Law
Version
publishedVersion
Copyright Holder
Singapore Management University
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
LEE, Kwang Chian.
The impossibility defence: Supreme Court case summary: Han Fang Guan v Public Prosecutor. (2021). Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon). 1, 102.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sljlexicon/4
Volume
1
Page
102
Additional URL
https://www.docdroid.com/el45RiF/lexicon-singapore-law-journal-jan-2021-edition-pdf
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