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Hong Kong Case Law

Photostat copies
  • 29 May 1985

    THE QUEEN v. CHAN YAM YICK

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. CHAN YAM YICK
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC103/1985

    The convictions were quashed because the trial judge treated photostat copies as forgeries when, as established in precedent, photocopies are not forgeries in themselves; the Crown conceded the convictions could not be supported on that basis and Hong Kong law had not been amended to criminalize use of copies in the manner the English Act does.