13 Sept 2019
HKSAR v. WONG TAK-MING
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2280
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA401/2018
s52(3) RTO is properly construed as requiring mens rea: the driver must have the subjective purpose of carrying passengers for hire or reward (a commercial/predominantly business purpose); a direct agreement between driver and passenger is not a legal prerequisite though it may be evidential; the provision is not overbroad or unconstitutional when so construed; on rehearing the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellants acted with the requisite commercial purpose and expectation of reward, so convictions were affirmed.