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Hong Kong Case Law

Licensing of animals
  • 13 May 2022

    HKSAR v. SO WAI HANG

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 1405
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA95/2022

    The magistrate accepted the prosecution's eyewitness evidence and the appellant's inculpatory admissions in the record of interview and WhatsApp messages, concluding those proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant was the keeper/owner of the dog which was unlicensed and not under control; those findings justified conviction under s.25(1) and Regulations 20(1) and 20(2) of the Rabies Ordinance.