A 57-year-old man has been jailed 10 months for possessing false Mainland marriage and birth certificates, and lying when applying for a Hong Kong re-entry permit for his two sons.

Wu Kwei-leung pleaded guilty at Sha Tin Magistracy to three counts of possessing a false instrument and two of making a false statement.

Last July he applied to replace his two sons' re-entry permits. He furnished a Mainland marriage certificate, two Mainland birth certificates and a deed poll for change of name of his sons from Man-fung and Man-kit to Pak-on and Pak-miu.

A records check found he had submitted another set of Mainland birth certificates in 2001 under a different mother's name.