8 Sept 2000
HKSAR v. CHIM PUI CHUNG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHIM PUI CHUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA955/1999
The appeal was dismissed: the trial magistrate correctly interpreted "election meeting" broadly; s.7(ii) of Cap.288 does not unacceptably infringe the Bill of Rights given the limited and justifiable presumption; the evidence and attendant facts supported the necessary inference that the provision of the dinner was corruptly intended to influence voters and thus constituted treating and incurred election expenses on behalf of candidates without their written authorisation; candidate prior consent is not required for expenses to be on a candidate's behalf.