9 Nov 2021
香港特別行政區 訴 協力建業有限公司
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 3186
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA259/2020
Treating the s27(3) offence as falling within the third category of mens rea displacement, the appellant succeeded in proving on the balance of probabilities that the company honestly and reasonably believed its existing anti‑mosquito measures would result in the absence of mosquito larvae; despite shortcomings in training materials and placement of debris, those deficiencies did not negate the appellant's established honest and reasonable belief, therefore the conviction was quashed and the fine set aside.