6 Apr 2000
HKSAR v. NGAI KA TAK
- Citation
- HKSAR v. NGAI KA TAK
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC51/2000
Because s118(1) offences under the Copyright Ordinance (Cap.528) are summary-only and were not indictable, the District Court had no jurisdiction to try those offences when they were transferred without compliance with Magistrates Ordinance s88(1) or without an accompanying indictable offence; transfers were null and void, so the convictions in the six affected appeals were quashed; the two remaining applicants with properly indictable offences under the old Cap.39 were refused leave and dismissed.