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Hong Kong Case Law

Police procedure and general orders
  • 28 May 1991

    HKSAR v. TANG TIN YING

    Citation
    HKSAR v. TANG TIN YING
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA80/1991

    Identification was sufficient where a Senior Inspector produced a warrant card and confirmed the Sergeant as a police officer; the Sergeant's subjective suspicion under section 54 lawfully authorized the stop and proposed search; the appellant consented to a station search so lack of an express statement of reason did not render police conduct unlawful; a limited frisk for weapons for safety prior to transit was lawful and not merely a blind compliance with orders; consequently the conviction for obstruction (elbowing during the frisk) was supported and the appeal was dismissed.