24 May 2012
MOK CHARLES PETER v. TAM WAI HO AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- MOK CHARLES PETER v. TAM WAI HO AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV2/2012
Expenses are election expenses only if they are referable to a specific election, go to the conduct or machinery of that election, were incurred for the purpose of promoting a candidate or prejudicing another, and the activities financed occurred during the election period or during the period when the person was a candidate (whichever begins earlier). The $220,000 spent on Cable Television broadcasts pre-dated the election period and the respondent's public declaration, were not referable to the specific election or to the machinery of the election, and thus were not election expenses; no il…