BACKGROUND NOTE
Mr Godber is alleged to have contravened the following provision
of the Hong Kong Prevention of Bribery Ordinance:-
"Any person who, being or having been a Crown servant
(a) maintains a standard of living above that which is
commensorate with his present or past official
emoluments; or
(b) is in control of pecuniary resources or property
disproportionate to his present or past official
emoluments,
shall, unless he gives a satisfactory explanation to the
court as to how he was able to maintain such a standard of
living or how such pecuniary resources or property came
under his control, be guilty of an offence."