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Hong Kong Case Law

Interpretation of s6a
  • 28 Sept 2010

    HKSAR v. YAM, WING SHUN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. YAM, WING SHUN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA389/2010

    On the date the Appellant completed the driving improvement course he was entitled as a matter of statutory right to have 3 points deducted under s6A unless one of the statutory bars in s6A(2) or (3) applied; s6A(2) does not create a residual discretion to refuse deduction. The 3-point deduction must be treated as having occurred on completion and thus reduced the Appellant's points below the 15-point threshold, so the disqualification under s8 could not stand. Consequently the appeal succeeds and the disqualification is set aside.