18 Jul 2001
HKSAR v. CHAN CHI SANG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN CHI SANG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC646/1998
The Court concluded that the formulated questions raised points of law of great and general importance suitable for certification under section 32 of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and therefore granted certificates on the specified questions concerning (1) the mens rea threshold for murder under common law and compatibility with the Basic Law and Bill of Rights, (2) the compatibility of mandatory life imprisonment under Cap.212 s2 with constitutional and human rights provisions, (3) the compatibility of Cap.221 s83G (no right of appeal against sentence for murder) with constitutional an…