26 Jan 2000
TSE KWAN SANG v. PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- TSE KWAN SANG v. PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV279/1999
Village representative elections in the New Territories are public affairs for the purposes of the ICCPR/Bill of Rights and Basic Law because of the public role of village representatives, the active involvement of District Offices and the Secretary for Home Affairs approval power; exclusion of non-indigenous permanent residents from voting or candidacy in village elections, and electoral arrangements that differentiate by sex or marital status, are unlawful because they contravene the ICCPR rights incorporated by Article 39 of the Basic Law (Article 21/25), Basic Law Article 26 and s.35 of t…