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Ubaka v Public Prosecutor

[1995] 1 SLR(R) 142; [1995] 1 SLR 267
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year1994
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Ignorance of the nature of goods is a defence only where there was no reason for suspicion and no right or opportunity of examination; otherwise a failure to inspect undermines a claimed absence of knowledge.

Area of Law

c

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