19 Oct 2022
LAI CHEE-YING v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 1574
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV357/2022
The Court held that 'specified evidence' in section 1 of Schedule 1 of the Implementation Rules, read in the statutory context of the NSL and local search laws, includes journalistic material; magistrates issuing warrants under Schedule 1 must exercise their discretion with public‑interest balancing and the Schedule operates in tandem with local protections (including common law and Part XII IGCO safeguards), so the plaintiff's construction excluding journalistic material was untenable and leave for judicial review was properly refused.