Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001256/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 December 1994.
2. Following the decision of the Privy Council in A.G. v. Lee Kwong-kut [1993] AC 951 delivered on 19 May 1993 in which it was held that section 30 of the Summary Offences Ordinance Cap 228 had been repealed by the Bill of Rights Ordinance Cap 383, an exhaustive search was conducted in all court, police and duty lawyer scherne records to identify all cases in which defendants had been convicted of offences under section 30 subsequent to the coming into operation of the Bill of Rights Ordinance.