15 Jun 1982
WONG CHI-HUNG AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- WONG CHI-HUNG AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC285/1982
Section 139 is not incapable of construction; the offence is properly understood as having a double aspect (persistent user of premises for prostitution plus an individual's role which need not be repeatedly proved), so charges framed as conduct "between" specified dates were not impermissibly duplicitous in the circumstances; convictions upheld. A dissent (Li J.A.) held the wording converts the offence into discrete occasions (hence duplicity) but applied the proviso because no substantial miscarriage occurred. Sentences were reduced by the Court on appeal.