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Hong Kong Case Law

Definition of arms

  • 8 Jul 2022

    香港特別行政區 訴 鍾振豪

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 2075
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA320/2021

    The device P1, although capable of producing electric arcs and painful shocks, was not shown to be 'designed or adapted' to stun or disable persons within the meaning of the Ordinance; the statutory phrase imports purpose/design rather than mere potential capability, therefore P1 does not fall within 'arms' and the conviction under the Ordinance must be quashed.

  • 24 Jun 2009

    HKSAR v. ROBERT A. PASCUAL

    Citation
    HKSAR v. ROBERT A. PASCUAL
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA59/2009

    Where the totality of evidence (product labelling describing oleoresin capsicum, the canister's operation discharging a liquid containing capsaicin, the appellant's admissions and expert evidence that capsaicin is a powerful irritant) permits the reasonable inference that the liquid was noxious within s.2(e), the canister and its contents constitute 'arms' and conviction is upheld; direct quantitative chemical analysis is not mandatory.