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Topic

Possession of offensive weapon in public

Legal area

Court

6 Dec 2021

香港特別行政區訴雷启添

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 3495
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA159/2021

The trial judge rationally rejected the appellant's work‑use explanation, accepted expert evidence that the laser pen could injure eyes at up to 40 metres, and found the appellant's appearance at protest sites with the pen and other items demonstrated preparedness to use it as a weapon; those findings supported conviction under Public Order Ordinance s33(1) and (2) and warranted dismissal of the appeal.
16 Mar 1978

MOK CHI-HING v. THE QUEEN

Citation

MOK CHI-HING v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC123/1978

The court held the two-year sentence for possession was excessive in the circumstances and reduced it to one year, and ordered the two sentences to run concurrently, resulting in an aggregate sentence of one year.
15 Jul 1971

CHAN FAT v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHAN FAT v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC349/1971

Detention in a Training Centre was justified and properly imposed because the appellant's conduct was outrageous and dangerous (weapons and hostile assembly), he had a recent conviction and was on active probation which he breached, leaving the magistrate no viable alternative to detention.