Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000040/2004 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 9 December 2004.
1. It is helpful both to the constable and to the citizen that the law governing the position when they encounter each other in the streets be as clear as it can be made. For the purposes of the offence of wilfully obstructing a police officer in the due execution of his duty, contrary to s.36(b) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212), is the concept of obstruction susceptible of helpful judicial explanation and, if so, should it be understood merely as something that makes it