6 Mar 1987
THE QUEEN v. SHUM KWAN CHEE
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. SHUM KWAN CHEE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA69/1987
Proof that the officers physically acted as public officers was insufficient to supply the specific statutory requirement of written authorization to arrest under Section 84 Cap.132; because lawfulness of the arrest was a necessary precondition of the offence under Section 23 Cap.228, the presumption of regularity could not be used to supply that central fact and the conviction on Charge A must be quashed.