9 Oct 2000
HKSAR v. LI CHIANG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI CHIANG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA305/2000
The court held that police taking possession of abandoned goods and subsequent handover to Customs constituted a valid seizure under the Import and Export Ordinance; absent evidence to the contrary the magistrate was entitled under s43(3) to assume the officers were properly authorized, and accordingly the forfeiture order was lawful and the appeal failed.