Read the full judgment text of CACC 000559/1971 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 24 January 1971.
1. The advent, during recent years, of the light bus as a mode of public transport in Hong Kong, has prompted legislation as to the licensing, operation and control of such vehicles, and the constitutionality of some of that legislation has, from time to time, been challenged in the Courts. Thus in LAU Ping v. The Queen (1) the original Reg. 41B of the Road Traffic (Taxis, Public Omnibuses, Public Light Buses and Public Cars) Regulations, relating to the detention of light buses, was held to be