Dominic v Public Prosecutor

• Jurisdiction: Malaysia
• Judgment Date: 24 March 1947
• Docket Number: Case No. 179
• Date: 24 March 1947
• Court: Obsolete Court (Malaysia)

Malayan Union, Court of Criminal Appeal.

(Willan, C.J., Murray-Aynsley and Spenser-Wilkinson, JJ.)

Case No. 179

Dominic

and

Public Prosecutor.

Belligerent Occupation — Inhabitants of Occupied Territory — Continuing Allegiance to Legitimate Sovereign — Treason Committed during Occupation — Law of Malaya.

Belligerent Occupation — Effects of — Law Enacted by Invaded State Prior to Occupation — Continuing Validity — Inhabitants of Occupied Territory — Continuing Allegiance to Legitimate Sovereign — Law of Malaya.

The Facts.—In this case the appellant, P.C. Dominic, was convicted of two offences of treachery contrary to section 3 of the Straits Settlements War Offences Ordinance, 1941, which reads as follows:

“If, with intent to help the enemy, any person does, or attempts or conspires with any other person to do, any act which is designed or...