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Hong Kong Case Law

Registration of societies
  • 6 Apr 1977

    LEUNG KWAN-FU AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    LEUNG KWAN-FU AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC1253/1976

    The premises constituted a disorderly house because the nightly indecent performances met the common law test; the club was a sham open to the public so membership was fictitious; registration, possession of the framed certificate, managerial conduct and presence during operations warranted inferences that the first three appellants actively managed and kept the house and the fifth and sixth participated in its keeping; section 89 renders aiders and abettors liable as keepers; accordingly convictions of the first, second, third, fifth and sixth appellants are upheld and the fourth appellant's…