29 Mar 1977
YEUNG YEE-MAN AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- YEUNG YEE-MAN AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC1316/1976
Section 45 presumption establishes a prima facie inference that a person found in premises where a dangerous drug is being manufactured was engaged in manufacture or preparatory acts, but it does not establish knowledge of the nature of the substance; knowledge must be proved independently. Applying that principle, the first appellant's conviction and nine‑year sentence were upheld because independent evidence supported knowledge; the second appellant's conviction was unsafe because of misdirection and unreliable mask evidence, and was therefore quashed.