26 Jul 1995
R. v. REMY MARTINS DUGGAM
- Citation
- R. v. REMY MARTINS DUGGAM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC96/1995
Majority held that s.1(3) of the Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (Overseas Territories) Order 1968 does not create extraterritorial offences; it only confers jurisdiction over offences already created by statute (s.1(1) applies only to British-controlled aircraft). Acts aboard a non-British-controlled Qantas flight outside Hong Kong were therefore not offences under Hong Kong law and the District Court proceedings were a nullity; appeal allowed and convictions quashed.