8 Oct 2019
HKSAR v. CHRISTIAN ANTHONY BULLEN
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2342
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA321/2018
The appeal is dismissed: the magistrate did not exhibit disqualifying bias; the acts of removing and relocating the government water meter without written permission constituted 'interference' under s31; the offence is continuing so the summonses were not time‑barred; the statutory wording imports a volitional element and the prosecution proved the requisite mental element; the common law defence of honest and reasonable belief did not negate conviction on the facts.