7 Feb 2023
LAU TSZ CHUN v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 297
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1508/2022
Court accepted applicant had posted the return by the statutory deadline and held the non-receipt was probably due to postal loss; this amounted to inadvertence and a reasonable cause within s40(2) and there was no evidence of bad faith; accordingly relief under s40(1) was granted subject to conditions (lodge return within 7 days) and prosecution stayed provided compliance.