Hong Kong Regulations

CRIMINAL APPEAL RULES - RULE 19

Where person fined intimates appeal

(1) Where a person, who has been sentenced to the payment of a fine, and in
default of such payment to imprisonment, intimates to the trial judge that he
wishes to appeal to the Court of Appeal-

   (a)  against his conviction, upon grounds of law alone;

   (b)  against his conviction, with a certificate of the trial judge granted
        under section 82(2) of the Ordinance; or

   (c)  against his sentence, with leave of the Court of Appeal granted under
        section 83G or 83H of the Ordinance, the judge may order such person
        forthwith to enter into recognizances, in such amount and with or
        without sureties in such amount as the judge shall determine, to
        prosecute his appeal.

(2) The trial judge may order that payment of the said fine shall be made at
the final determination of the appeal, if the same be dismissed, to the
Registrar, or as the Court of Appeal may then order. The recognizance under
this rule shall be in Forms II and III. A surety becoming duly bound by
recognizance under this rule shall be deemed to be for all purposes, and shall
have all the powers of, a surety.