29 Nov 2019
HKSAR v. LAU KIN-FUNG BOSCO
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2899
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA391/2018
The court held that s52(3)(a) focuses on the defendant driver's subjective purpose to provide carriage of passengers for hire or reward and does not require a direct contractual agreement between the driver and passenger; the provision targets predominantly commercial carriage and the applicants' alternative construction and constitutional arguments (overbreadth and Article 33) were not reasonably arguable, so the application for a certificate was dismissed.