29 Nov 2002
HKSAR v. LEE TSANG KONG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LEE TSANG KONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC169/2001
For the purpose of determining applicability of the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance, only the date of the offence alleged against the accused in the count charged against him is relevant; since the 4th accused was charged only on count 3 alleging offences between 1 December 1995 and 30 April 1996 (before the Ordinance commenced), s.25 excludes application of s.17 and no statutory power exists to award costs; English Practice Directions cannot be invoked to supply a substantive statutory power; accordingly the costs application is dismissed.